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Cohen concluded that sexual orientation is “fluid” in nature saying jokingly, “Women aren’t decisive about anything…ever.”

“It’s a mean joke on both sexes that men reach their sexual peak at 18 while women reach theirs at 30,” she said. She attempted to address why women become lesbians, citing the emotional differences between men and women, the lack of equality in heterosexual relationships, and aggressive male sex drives.

Some ultimately choose men. [1] (http://www.rainbowguide.com/news/031203-2.html)

However, researcher Diamond opined that the change in "identity" is merely a semantic issue. [3] (http://www.wordspy.com/words/hasbian.asp)

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Brace Scholar Cohen ’08 Presents “Gay Until Graduation”

Brace Fellow Rachel Cohen ’08 believes that a woman may change her sexual orientation multiple times in a lifetime.

However, Cohen added that many heterosexual women simply feel more comfortable in an all-female environment. At Smith College last year there was a "questioning" support group, for students who were wondering whether they were lesbians. Anywhere else, it might be of two girls making out, or Britney Spears and Madonna.” Over the past decades, open lesbianism has consistently increased.

At Andover, it might be a picture of…me. She noted that women sometimes want to start families and follow the social norm. The word evokes a picture. Some of these women hide their sexual orientation on leaving college, fearing harassment. Cohen noted that while there is a growing amount of data on trends in male homosexuality, there are few comparable studies on lesbianism.

Women are viewed as “highly sexual beings” in today’s society, and that may lead to more frequent changes in their sexual orientation. The term is often misunderstood to convey a sense that lesbianism is purely a matter of changeable sexual preference, when instead it is quite distinct from lesbianism in that it is consciously elective and temporary behavior.

Many women’s colleges have issued statements to assure prospective applicants that they do not encourage lesbianism any more than their coeducational counterparts.

A quote from a Reuters health story by Alison McCook:

Dr. It is especially often applied to women at all-female colleges. Cohen focused on “temporary” lesbians, whom she defined as women who engage in lesbian relationships while they are in college, but end them upon leaving the microcosm of college life and entering the “real world.” According to Cohen, it can be quite difficult for a woman to maintain her homosexuality after college.