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Washington (ANI) - Britney and Madonna created a roar with their much-publicised on-stage liplock, and so did Scarlett Johansson and Sandra Bullock. But what is it that makes women to indulge in such a sexual act with the same gender.
Sociology professor Verta Taylor, of the University of California, Santa Barbara, and her colleague, Leila J. Rupp of the school's feminist studies department, examined the trend in a new study.
In one national survey, they report, fewer than 2 percent of women called themselves lesbian or bisexual, but fully 8 percent reported either feeling same-sex desire or engaging in some kind of same-sex act.
The absolute numbers seem low - no surprise in a study that relies on self-reporting about so personal a matter - but what's more important is the 4-to-1 ratio between label and behaviour, and that, the authors say, reveals a lot.
There are four main drivers of the girl-girl trend.
The first is the copycat trendiness that is inevitable when stars on awards shows do something sensational on camera.
But the biggest of the other three reasons is a desire for attention, typically from boys.
Genuine experimentation is another motivation for same-sex connecting between females who don't see themselves as lesbians.
For other girls - those on their way to coming out as lesbians, or just discovering their orientation themselves - girl-girl kissing, particularly in a party setting, provides a safe and comfortable glide path in what can often be a rocky transition.
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Sociology professor Verta Taylor, of the University of California, Santa Barbara, and her colleague, Leila J. Rupp of the school's feminist studies department, examined the trend in a new study.
In one national survey, they report, fewer than 2 percent of women called themselves lesbian or bisexual, but fully 8 percent reported either feeling same-sex desire or engaging in some kind of same-sex act.
The absolute numbers seem low - no surprise in a study that relies on self-reporting about so personal a matter - but what's more important is the 4-to-1 ratio between label and behaviour, and that, the authors say, reveals a lot.
There are four main drivers of the girl-girl trend.
The first is the copycat trendiness that is inevitable when stars on awards shows do something sensational on camera.
But the biggest of the other three reasons is a desire for attention, typically from boys.
Genuine experimentation is another motivation for same-sex connecting between females who don't see themselves as lesbians.
For other girls - those on their way to coming out as lesbians, or just discovering their orientation themselves - girl-girl kissing, particularly in a party setting, provides a safe and comfortable glide path in what can often be a rocky transition.source
