Riddle, Morgan: Sexual Heath

                  Labeling the young, college culture as the “hooking-up” culture is, in my opinion a little down grading. College students have been engaging in no strings attached dating for decades. People just were not as open about it as they are now. There seems to be little to no shame with the concept of hooking up with someone today, as opposed to 20 or 30 years ago. Although, that does not mean that it was nonexistent.

         College-age students seem to be more interested in hooking up than committing to a full time relationship. I believe that is because students do not want to miss out on the “College Experience.” Students are so involved in clubs, sports, sororities, fraternities, and studies that they may feel they will not be able to live up to the time obligations of a serious relationship. There are only so many hours in a day, why commit to long hours maintaining a relationship when a couple of hours a week will lead to sexual satisfaction?

I personally have no firsthand experience. The people close to me and myself all have steady, honest relationships. Although, I am not blind to the fact that the hook-up culture is all around me. I do not believe that the idea of hooking up for conveniences first popped up with the coming of my generation, along with the new ideals of homosexuality, drug use, and premarital sex. It’s not that such issues never existed until now; they were just never talked about. These types of issues were swept under the rug and were ignored, but we must give credit where credit is due, and not all of it can fall on our generation.