College is a great time to get to learn about oneself and to know others. Most college students, women and men, are looking for intimacy in their relationships. Intimacy allows us to be our innermost selves with others. As trust and respect develop, we share more of our personal history, dreams, aspirations, fears, laughs, as well as current life problems.
Affection sometimes grows and matures into caring, attachment and love.
Some people express intimacy through sexuality. A person chooses when and with whom to be sexual. Hopefully, each person makes this choice responsibly. Exercising choices about intimate behaviors includes acknowledging the possible consequences of one's behavior. Consequences of sexual behavior can be emotional, interpersonal and physical.