Long-term dating isn't the goal of the straight-girl make-out, says Julie; hooking up with the guy watching is. But she concedes that many girls attempt to hook up with a guy in the hopes that he'll become a boyfriend. "One of girls' fantasies of hooking up with a guy you like is that they'll want to date you, but that's a tried-and-failed situation. If you go home with a guy [right away], you have a minimal chance of him taking you seriously." Q: Did some of the straight women report that after feeling some pressure, they ended up liking it? The impulse [to go further than kissing] is there, and some girls do it, but respectable girls who kiss girls don't," says Julie. "Taking that step to the boobs isn't a big deal in the guy-girl world, but in the girl-girl world it's a huge leap. It's taking it above and beyond. It's like, now she's a lesbian, or she's a huge slut." What about women dancing with each other? "Touching them without kissing, like dirty dancing, is OK," Julie says. "But if you kiss them while doing that, it's an exponential leap from what was originally intended." Religious fundamentalists aside, we can’t think of anyone that doesn’t find the prospect of two females hooking up attractive, because well…it just is. Take three sisters and a pool and you have the perfect recipe for a catfight. The family feud was a long-time coming as Taylor consistently tried to steal every man her sisters wanted, and the best part of the catfight was that the men just stood by and watched while drinking their beers.

Oh, The Humanities: Part of a series showcasing research at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences this week. A: Heterosexual women who had performed this girl-on-girl behaviour had less healthy perceptions of their sexuality. They felt more discouraged or unhappy about their sex lives. They weren’t as direct or assertive about expressing their sexual needs, they felt less confident. They were more likely to say their sexual behaviours were controlled by people more powerful than them. The heterosexual women between ages of 19-25 also described themselves as being more likely to take part in sexual acts in which they weren’t comfortable. A: A male had requested they do it, they did it because they thought it would turn men on. Things like societal demand – ‘Oh, other women were doing it in the bar and the guys were catcalling and it’s kind of the trendy thing to do, so that’s why I decided to do it.’If like myself, you were a male coming of age in the 90s, this may very well have been your first…shall we say, excited moment. It’s also probably one of the many moments in the 90s you wished you were Kevin Bacon. To this day, widely regarded as the quintessential female makeout scene, and one of the most frustrating “almost nipple” moments in cinematic history. Pamela Paul, author of "Pornified: How Pornography Is Transforming Our Lives, Our Relationships, and Our Families," agrees. Girls "aren't kissing other girls because they want to. They're doing it because they want to appeal to boys their age. And for boys their age who've developed sexually alongside Internet porn, their sexual cues are affected by the norms and standards of porn. And that's girl-on-girl action." It gives you confidence," says Nina, a 20-year-old friend and classmate of Julie's who has kissed five of her friends, including Julie, most more than once. "It makes you feel more attractive -- you're turning on a guy, and he thinks it's cool."

Since she hasn't gone any further than kissing, Alexandra says, her female hookups "aren't experimenting. It doesn't get that sexual. There's a line that you don't usually cross." The general consensus among straight girls who make out with other girls seems to be that kissing is fine, but there are two caveats: You can't go further than that, and you have to be watched -- by males. It must've been around the time of 'American Pie 2,'" Nina, from Danbury, Conn., says when I ask her when she noticed the girl-on-girl trend. (In the bawdy 2001 sequel to the 1999 teen comedy "American Pie," two girls agree to make out if two male characters will, too.) "Guys suddenly seemed obsessed with lesbians. [Two girls together] was the hottest thing ever. And then that poster came out with those two girls on a bed in their underwear kissing -- everybody had that." (She's talking about "Kiss," the 2001 Tanya Chalkin poster that became a college dorm décor staple for guys. Alexandra says two of her ex-boyfriends had one as well.) Q: You point to that infamous Britney Spears and Madonna kiss more than a decade ago at the MTV Awards. Was that the beginning of this?This prime-time soap helped to make catfights stylish thanks to Joan Collins’ Alexis Carrington. Wearing fabulous gowns and throwing some of the most unrealistic slaps and punches ever, the lady brawls from this show were wonderfully silly and over-the-top. There were many to choose from, but the winner has to be the catfight that found the two ladies dripping wet in a lily pond. In season 2, Sydney Bristow’s best friend was replaced by an evil assassin who used a genetic technology to replicate her. Sydney finally figured it out in the season 2 finale (“I just remembered, Francie doesn’t like coffee ice cream”) and that led to the most epic fight TV has ever seen. For two-and-a-half straight minutes of pure action, Alias gave fans the most well-choreographed, edited and performed female catfight scene TV has ever seen. But if young women who hook up with other young women aren't expressing their own desires -- Am I attracted to females? Would I like kissing a female? Would I want to do more? -- and are only simulating desire to market themselves to guys, how empowering can it be?

Yes, like any piece of art, “Girl on Girl Action” can be subject to individual interpretation. Listeners may relate to the song on various levels and find personal meaning within its lyrics, depending on their own experiences and perspectives. 12. What is the significance of the title, “Girl on Girl Action”? Mikey, the 19-year-old in Washington state who has successfully persuaded six young women to make out for him and bribed 10 others, says he'd "definitely" be more interested in hooking up with a woman after seeing her make out with another woman. Jay, the Manhattan high school senior, disagrees. "You can't help yourself finding it sexually attractive, but it's not a girl that I'd want to date," he says. "I don't like that a girl would be so desperate to get a guy's attention." When he sees gals making out to impress guys, he says, "it seems like they're overly sexual and far too eager to please. The chase is all the fun. If they're just throwing themselves at you, it's boring." Naomi Watts is stunningly beautiful and probably always will be, and I’m honestly not that familiar with Laura Harring but she is a wonderful expression of femininity herself.

A: Most of the heterosexual women who had engaged in this behaviour in my study really described the outcome in negative terms. They made comments like they were embarrassed – they felt awkward and regretful. Some of them said ‘I felt really coerced in this situation.’ One of the participants said ‘I was really confused because men asked us to do it and then called us sluts and nymphos after.’

The hatred between the matriarch of the Walkers and the woman her husband had a long-term affair with reached a tipping point at the opening of Holly and Tommy’s winery, leading to an awesome food fight in the kitchen that got incredibly messy, but also allowed the two older ladies to work through their feelings. Note: There was a small technical glitch for the first bit of the episode but don't worry, the content is that good that you'll be listening in until the end.Our third podcast guest will be the one and only LUCY HEATH, actor, writer and producer of the Tribeca selected PRAGMA SHORT FILM! When girls talk to me about kissing each other at parties, it's invariably in the context of boys chanting "Kiss, kiss!" says Sabrina Weill, former editor in chief of Seventeen and author of "The Real Truth About Teens and Sex." "There's no formal research that asks girls whether it's happening more now. However, anecdotally, it does seem to be talked about more." Precise numbers may not be available, but a well-publicized National Center for Health Statistics study released in September 2005 found that 10.6 percent of girls age 15-19 had had same-sex sexual experiences; the survey did not ask whether the conduct was a result of actual desire, though. In any event, girl-on-girl action seems to be no big deal for high school and college students, who shrug it off as standard party behavior. Alexandra says she sees it at "75 to 85 percent" of the parties she attends. Jay, a 17-year-old senior at a Manhattan high school, says he sees it at "every other party." Alexandra's friend Mikey, 19, also in Bellingham, says such action has been a party staple since he was 14. "Just about every party I go to or have, I see girls making out with each other," he says.