 Teenagers and college-aged students tend to avoid the more formal activity of dating, and prefer casual no-strings-attached experiments sometimes described as 'hookups'.It permits young women to "go out and fit into the social scene, get attention from young men, and learn about sexuality", according to one report by sociologists.The term "hookup" can describe a wide variety of behavior ranging from kissing to non-genital touching; according to one report, only about one third of people had sexual intercourse.