As the values of the American people
appear to weaken with respect to pop culture, some assume that the sex lives of
college students are increasingly becoming more careless and more “hookup”
focused. Statistics in the article show that sex is not becoming more frequent,
but sex is talked about more frequently. This information leads me to the conclusion that students are not
becoming more careless in their physical actions but more careless by word of mouth.
“Hooking up” can be anything from making
out to going “all the way” (sex, that is). This term is not new to the college
environment, but it is becoming used more in mainstream culture. American values have also become much
more relaxed over time, which makes talking about these sexual encounters much less
taboo. The mistake of this hookup culture is the assumption that because sex is
being discussed more openly now than ever before, sex is being had now more
than ever before.
The environment at Southern Arkansas
University validates my point. “Hooking up” is not uncommon on our campus. I have little to no first
hand experience, but I can speak of this truth because the college culture is
an open environment where people converse about these encounters freely. In college, only a few people are probably having
any more or less sex than usual. What is
different is the amount that these encounters are more apt to be shared,
whether willingly or unwillingly.
Contemporary students are not
having more sex. The sex that they are having (or not
having) is just much less private than in previous generations.
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