10 PHD level facts about "The Booty Call"

Does it really look like this before women call ~ lol?

As advertised, this is PHD level stuff henceforth we must begin with a hypothesis that we must prove or disprove.

Hypothesis:
Booty-calls are the ideal arrangement for men who tend to avoid long term relationships and a ploy by women to keep men around long enough to evaluate them and ultimately coerce them into entering into long term relationships, if need be.

1. “The booty-call is a compromise between men’s and women’s ideal mating strategies” with males prioritizing access to sex in relationships and women prioritizing the formation of committed relationships. 

Basically, a booty-call is a middle ground where women don't have to feel like "sluts" by sleeping with complete strangers and men don't have to put effort into bonding activities like listening to the woman's problems or watching Romantic Comedies.

Where a Booty Call Lies.

2. Past studies have shown that approximately two-thirds of casual sex occurred among ‘friends.’ 

If two supposed cross-gender friends are both attracted to each other physically, get along well, and understand each other, what else do you think will happen one day when they are alone, bored and/or drunk? Besides, in 1994 my mom told me men and women can't be friends. While not absolutely true, true cross-gender friendships exist sans any sexual tension which has to have been resolved, in order for it to be a healthy friendship.

3. A study conducted at a US-based university campus in 1989 indicated that when approached for casual sex by a random stranger, 75% of men said yes whereas all of the women said no.



A woman that readily accepts solicitations for sex from strangers will likely face a social backlash and be labeled as promiscuous, slutty and a whole host of other derogatory names. For a man this is not so, in fact his friends would probably all buy him a beer and he'd turn religious should such a blessing be bestowed upon him. In addition to that, it is simply not safe practice for a woman to be running off with strange men (see: Natalee Holloway).

4. Research also suggests that women who are open to uncommitted short-term sexual relationships tend to attract better looking men. As such, the authors believe that women may engage in booty-call relationships so as to test and enter into a long-term relationships with an attractive man.

This supports my theory that a booty-call is a well laid trap for men. Based on this finding, it might be assumed that beginning things as a booty-call may be the most efficient way for a woman to attract a good looking guy and covertly test him for compatibility. A booty-call can also keep a man close enough for a woman to sink her teeth into him and release the paralyzing venom that causes long term relationships, should she deem him relationship material.

5. Physical attraction would feature as the single-most important factor in the success or failure of a booty call.

Would you hook up with him?

Being that the premise of a booty-call is physical by nature, this is no surprise. It doesn't make sense to hook up with someone that repulses you and requires you to drink heavily before you see them or turn the lights off and place a paper bag over their face before anything can happen.

6. The study also found that prior friendships provided people with an impetus to accept booty-calls, not reject them.

This makes sense. A quasi friendship can help establish a small degree of trust. You don't want to bring someone home only to find out soon thereafter that they are Serial Killers. How will you explain that to your Mom.

7. Men were more likely to accept booty calls because men, in general, want access to sex. Women were more likely to accept a booty call if they felt compatible with the man. 



Women pay a higher social penalty for accepting booty-calls, so if the process makes them feel sufficiently ‘trashy’ or if the other person is overtly arrogant and calls only for sex there is a greater chance they will say no to protect their dignity. In such an instance, a man may even forget how to spell the word DIGGNITEE.

8. Men tended to value items related to sexual access more than women did, whereas women were more likely than men to accept a booty-call because of a past friendship, compatibility, and personality.

This suggests that guys are executing the idea of a booty-call as it was designed and articulated in the late 1980's, whereas women are watering down the concept of a real relationship and still using the same criteria for judgement but lowering expectations.

9. Men seem to hold the upper hand on whether or not a booty-call can be converted into a long-term relationship.

Men are more likely to interpret the idea of a booty-call as just that: booty obtained or ordered via a communication device. It is no surprise that most women questioned about why booty-calls did not progress to long term relationships reasoned that it was because the men they were involved with did not want long-term relationships.

10. Phone calls were the most common means of initiating a booty-call. 

This study was done in 2009 and I'm sure that by now texts have taken over. This is because instead of having a direct conversation and risking getting rejected or having to reject someone, an impersonal thing like a text message may be easier on one's self-esteem or conscious. Plus, you can send tons of text out at once and your recipients have no clue (sketchyyyyyyy).

Sources: Knowledge SMU, ODEtoCapitalism, Vaughan Bell: A a study on booty calls.

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