College is
widely regarded as a social experiment that tests a student's physical, mental,
and moral resoluteness. The "hookup scene" is one such test on the
morality of each student. From my observations heterosexual relationships are
no longer between a man and woman, but instead between a boy and a girl who
lack the maturity and skill to make good decisions.
Sex is the
name of the game. "Hookup" implies an act of sexuality between two
people, and college has become "hookup" heaven. Coming into college
presents new options. It presents freedom. It presents liberation to students,
some of whom had long been watched over by authoritarian parents. Once in college,
they may be quickly swayed by their new freedom. College includes a sense of
moral detachment, in some ways, for many
students. No longer do these students feel the always wary eye of God as their
grandmother might preach. These students are allowed to walk in and out doors
with little to no questioning. The fact of the matter is no one cares what
these students do.
Marc Parry's
article "Study Casts Skeptical Light on Campus 'Hookup Culture'"
attempts to disprove the presence of a "hookup scene." Parry compares
two sets of data about young students. One set encompasses the late 1980s to
the late 1990s, while the other includes today's students going back to 2002.
Parry asserts that data show that today's students are having no more sex than
those students from 30 years ago. However, I believe a "hookup
culture" was rampant in the 1980s as well. If sexual liberation is
attributed to the flower power age of the 1970s, Parry's theory that there
isn't a "hookup culture" is null and void. Parry was simply comparing
one "hookup culture" to another. These data should be compared to the
1950s, when society was much more sexually conservative.
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