SOC 345 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15 pt 3/4: Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill, Baby Boomers, Orgasm
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Goal: to counter claims that hooking up represents a sudden and alarming change in youth sexual culture. The study demonstrates that women"s hookup experiences are quite varied and far from uniformly negative and that monogamous, long-term relationships are not an ideal alternative. [stepp]"s sensationalist tone suggests that young people are having more sex at earlier ages in more casual contexts than baby. Author states how this isn"t true -- young people today are not having more sex at younger ages than their parents. Hooking up isn"t the rampart, hedonistic free-for-all portrayed by the media. England surveys; 14,000 students - 19 universities. 72% (men and women) - at least one hookup by senior year. 80% on average hook up less than once per semester over the course of college. Sexual activity in hookups is often relatively light. Decline of in loco parentis on college campuses. Hookups are problematic for girls and young women for several related reasons.
