Women's Studies 2163A/B Lecture 6: 6-Hookups and Hang-ups

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2163A/B
• Professor: Nichole Edwards

Document Summary

Interview-style telling the stories of two different college girls, holly and megan. Hookup culture presented as sex without any emotion - "rather than being a product of intimacy, sex has become it"s precursor, or sometimes it"s replacement" The term "hookup" is ambiguous; it is only characterized by a lack of emotional attachment. Only about 57% of women are satisfied with their hookups the morning after. Girls report seeking hookups as an alternative to relationships because they are. "too busy" at this time in their life; they are trying to define themselves outside of relationships. Mackenzie, college girl; describes how she both "lost herself" and "learned a lot about herself" in a relationship. Hookups can be considered the ticket to a social life. All girls have to navigate the hookup culture, whether they choose to participate in it or not. Was a very "good girl"; catholic household, chaste, sober, "very pure"