Mashburn, Cody: Sexual Health

Studies and statistics show that “hook ups” in college remain the same throughout the years with very little fluctuation. This seems plausible and a possible examination of the data supporting an intuitive, yet debatable conclusion that collegiate “hook ups” have remained the same for decades.

                  Studies of the “Hook Up Culture” include face to face interviews about how many hook ups have occurred between yourself and another person. It is simply scientific fact that the chemical reactions within our bodies to lust have been, and always will be, the same no matter the generation of college students. Most high school students coming from a public school have heard that college is one big party and that it is all about the booze and women. The continuation of a relatively high flat-lined trend among hook ups in college not only has to do with the biological side of the human brain, but the social norm per se. I have a girlfriend back home and would never do anything to hurt her. I am not alone in that scenario. But for others, their mindset about college is all about parties, alcohol, and sex. They are the ones who are most likely to “hook up” in today and in the past. So, I do believe that the percentage of hook ups has not changed drastically since 1988, the beginning of this research. Most of my reasoning is not what I have heard, but what I have seen. I have seen my closest friends go to college and return home after a couple of weeks because they have fell victim to yet another statistic in which the research has provided. They kept making bad grades but kept partying and skipping class thinking that that is what people are SUPPOSED to do in college.

                  I am not surprised when the research stated that hook ups have remained the same over the past couple of decades. The importance of college will always be undermined in the minds of students looking for a four-year social event.