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.
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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.”