The Hook Up Culture

Relationships play a big key factor in everyone’s life. Living in a society with different views and values on dating seems to affect certain age groups and minorities. Now a day’s relationships are not taken very serious, but more of a casual compromise also referred as the “hook up culture”. Today many relationships are based off different dating apps that have replaced the old fashion methods of dates. The adaption of this culture has moved in a fast paced manner changing the views of “real dating” and affecting especially undergraduate college students. This culture has become more of a dominant culture, which has caused students to care less towards sex, not getting attached with their partner and most of all expect an actual relationship …show more content…
As Kathleen Boggle, the author of Hooking Up: Sex, Dating, and Relationships on Campus states the actual concept behind the term “Hooking up”. She refers through her book how “romantic relationships among college students are becoming increasingly noncommittal, and sexual activity outside the context of a committed relationship has become far more common place on college campuses”. This statement is referred to young adults since they are vulnerable to being more sexually active, as these college students are slowly starting to move out of the old fashion methods of love, and hooking up is replacing the traditional dating. Boggle also stated that casually hooking up or dating leads to psychological problems coming from an individual. Many of these casual dates and sexual activities done by both partners can lead to sexual risks. The author gives a holistic picture of where exactly the hook up culture is found and primarily in college campuses, though many of these encounters are started through dating apps. She serves as a guide to young adults and how to properly develop their first sexual encounters which in the future will benefit them psychologically and pertain healthy relationships in the …show more content…
He adds the several reasons perhaps big factors that contribute to the behavior of college students and the rise of this culture. He believes that having sex leads to high risk factors affecting the majority of sexual active partners. As Rhodes states, “undergraduate college students who have casual hook ups are vulnerable to sexual diseases, unwanted pregnancy and most likely will affect their future negatively.” His statement clearly describes the main principles and what exactly is the true meaning of the high costs of a low price for sex. For both men and women it would be a terrible experience for having a healthy life style one day and easily catch a disease from a short term sensation that will forever stay with them or take away their life. On the other hand pregnancy as an ungraduated college student would be difficult especially if the women is already struggling with school and other factors. This leads to a psychological impact towards the women, having a child especially form an unwanted relationship which once again as Freitas mentioned in her book leading to feeling regret and disgust and emotionally crushed affecting both partners but most likely the