Hook up mentality

The Reasons Why People Hook Up

Nolan Sargent , Staff Reporter March 17, We live in an era of extensive sexual liberation. According to the American Psychological Association , hookups are brief, uncommitted sexual encounters between people who are not romantic partners or dating each other. Sounds pretty nice, right? All of the pleasure and none of the effort of commitment. What could possibly be wrong with that?

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As my parents remind me on a regular basis, things these days are much different than when they went to college. My mother is constantly telling stories of the boys she dated when she was in college and asking me why I have only gone on one date the entire time I have been in college. Well, she is right, things just are not the same these days. College has gone from couples and dates to singles and sex. Everyone I have met in college is hooking up, trying to hook up, or trying to get over a hook up. As this is becoming more and more prevalent, many people, parents especially or at least mine , are trying to figure out why dating has died. A Structural-Functionalist would look at the hook up culture in college and ask how this is serving a function for society.

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Personally, I think our class definition perfectly describes the culture most of us live in. So many college aged students have mental health issues, and while I am not saying these issues stem directly from hookup culture, I do think hookup culture plays a part. Meaning that participants in the study were actually sadder after they had causal sex than they were before. According to our definition and the cultures norms there should be no commitment and you should not get attached. However, that is rarely the case.

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The Problem with Hooking Up

Hookup culture is one that accepts and encourages casual sex encounters, including one-night stands and other related activity, without necessarily including emotional intimacy , bonding or a committed relationship. Most research on hookups has been focused on U. The rise of hookups, a form of casual sex , has been described by evolutionary biologist Justin Garcia and others as a "cultural revolution" that had its beginnings in the s. The sexual revolution of the s brought a loosening of sexual morals which allowed for sex to become uncoupled from relationships and non-marital sex to become more socially acceptable. Support for sexual freedom became increasingly popular as new ideas and beliefs evolved about the positive and negative aspects of engaging in sexual intercourse.

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