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Based on a sociology research conducted at Ohio State University, a map that describes the romantic and sexual relationships of a high school (Jefferson High) is shown below. The blue dots represents boys and the pink dots represents girls.

“For the first time, sociologists have mapped the romantic and sexual relationships of an entire high school over 18 months, providing evidence that these adolescent networks may be structured differently than researchers previously thought.”.

What’s interesting is that if you pay close attention to the map you can see some blue on blue connections as well as some “isolated” communities as well. There are also 63 faithful couples that didn’t felt like joining the party.

I also wonder what the map will look like for adults, although it might be hard to make the same comparison since adult life usually does not revolve around a tightly related society (like a high school). According to the article : “As a comparison, many adult sexual networks are more like an airline hub system where many points are connected to a small number of hubs…”.

Here’s the link to the original article.

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