Interns Get Scolded On Their Birds And Bees

Foul play

Oh, those Washington interns … they always seem to need just a little bit of help, don’t they? And the only thing flying higher than their expectations? Their hormones.

On Monday, it was Dr. Drew Pinsky, the “Loveline” sexpert, who took to Capitol Hill to teach those

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younguns a thing or two about the birds and the bees.

The good doctor took part in the fifth annual Independent Women’sForum Campus Sex and Dating Conference and held a Q&A session with young professionals on relationships and hooking up. And he brought the sober news about drunken hookups (Cap Lounge regulars: Listen up).

“There’s never a relationship, and it’s always while intoxicated,” Pinsky said about what casual campus flings look like in those close-quartered environments. “Many guys’ philosophy is along the lines of ‘juice ’em up and go.’ ”

Not surprisingly, Pinsky’s blunt assessment left many men in the audience nervously shifting in their seats, and Pinsky didn’t relent.

“Why is it that you have to be [messed] up, guys?” Pinsky asked the embarrassed males in the audience.

One brave intern raised his hand.

“The deniability of our actions,” he said in a roomful of glaring women, who clearly didn’t appreciate the intern’s honesty.

Dr. Drew also had some words for the MySpace crowd, telling Yeas & Nays: “Electronic interaction is pseudo-intimacy.”

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