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"They found, shockingly, that 45 percent of partiers were there to have fun. Yes, fun."
So 55% of partiers don't go to parties to have fun? Why are they there, then? Social obligation? When I was that age, fun was the point.
I don't know what to say about women going to parties in their underwear. I'll go way, way out on a limb and say that sounds like they're just asking for trouble from drunken fratboys (and sorogirls). Everything from magic marker decoration to embarrassing photography to rape becomes easier when the victim has already undressed themself.
I work in a college art department in the bay area, and I don't think the students behave quite like this. Maybe art students are just a little more creative in their debauchery. When I was one, we were.