“Study
Casts Skeptical Light on Campus ‘Hookup Culture’” by Marc Perry shows two
contrasting arguments towards sexual exploration of the current college
generation, with one side believing that we are currently more sexually active
than people were decades ago in college and the other arguing that there is no
increase in college sex.
Martin Monto of the University of Portland believes
that people from decades ago were just as sexual as this generation is, which
is justified by his new study. In that
study, college students from 1988 to 1996 were compared to college students
from 2002 to 2010, and the former students were shown to have no significant
difference between the amounts of sex they had compared to students now. The only difference shown was that the
current generation is more open and verbal about the idea of exploring
sexuality, with the term “hookup” showing up in 84 articles between 2007 and
2013 (a significantly larger amount than previous years).
Many other
people, including Kathleen A. Bogle from La Salle University, contradict Mr.
Monto’s argument with the idea that our generation is more supportive of having sex with several partners without
attachment involved. Ms. Bogle states
that “hooking up has been widely used on college campuses since the mid-1980s,”
which would mean that Mr. Monto’s argument is rendered invalid, as his study
began with students from 1988.
I fully
support Mr. Monto’s argument. I believe
that people were just as sexually active in previous generations as they are
now, but the current generation has become more open about sexuality. By being vocal about what is happening, this
generation has shown bravery and boldness that was unmatched by former
generations. The current generation is
unafraid of self-expression, which is how exactly how society should be.
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