When I was a child, I was home schooled and sheltered. The first time I saw a woman that wasn't my sister or mother was at college. A woman recently asked me if I wanted to hookup. I informed her I had some jumper cables in my car if she wanted me to jump-start hers. That is my only experience with 'hookup culture' as you call it, and thankfully it seems to be in decline.
I believe this decline might be because hooking up has lost its shock value. The first wave of hookup culture in the 1960s was a furious backlash against the social norms of the time. However, current students' parents have had their own hookups too; or at least know friends who have had hookups. So since hookup culture isn't as traumatic to the hookupee's parents, it loses a lot of the appeal.
The article also states that people are dating less. I can see that. Most of my friends and acquaintances aren't dating anybody. In addition, I know two people who have never been on a date. I have yet to meet anyone who says that dating is inferior to hooking up, and I've never gotten the impression otherwise. But it could be that I just don't know people who are actually in a relationship.
The biggest point the article didn't mention is porn. With the advent of Internet porn, anyone can find sexual gratification online. In the 1980s, porn was limited to theaters, most of which were completely disgusting places. But now porn is available for massive consumption online. Frankly, a hormone-riddled student could go out and find someone to hook up with, but that would involve getting up from the computer from where they could receive similar satisfaction within seconds.
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