Posted on December 6th, 2011 by Love and Fidelity Network
Despite the issues that these two respondents pose to Shanahan and Morgan’s research, the fact that I can only really conclude that two subjects had hookups evidences the fact that hookups are not nearly as widespread as they are thought to be. Members of the hookup culture are a minority on Duke’s campus, just as they are in my data, representing only 6% of the sample.
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Posted on October 27th, 2011 by Love and Fidelity Network
ShareIn 2009, I published an article in my college’s newspaper in which I pointed out that the prevalence of casual, uncommitted sex on our campus fosters the kinds of attitudes that make sexual assault a reality in many students’ lives. I expected my article to be met with hostility, but I received a surprising amount [...]
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Posted on April 14th, 2011 by Love and Fidelity Network
Shareeduhookups.com is the perfect manifestation of the individualism in which I have been trained in the last twenty-one years. This website, which makes available to students a “no strings attached” sexual encounter, enables the persons in my university cohort to pursue personal sexual intrigues so long as the intrigue is mutually desired by another. The [...]
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Posted on April 7th, 2011 by Love and Fidelity Network
After all, the sweetness about romance is knowing someone who will always enjoy the way you look (even without makeup or a huge volume of alcohol), who will be there whenever you need him or her, who would sit side-by-side with you on the Main Green on a sunny Saturday afternoon to watch the autumn leaves fall. An addiction to the “fast food” style of romance simply deprives one of so many beautiful things in life.
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Posted on July 22nd, 2010 by Shirene Urry
Data has repeatedly shown that the qualities most highly associated with a “solid” relationship (i.e. relationship satisfaction) are kindness and flexibility, capturing a willingness to acknowledge and work with another (Busby, 2001). Additional research has shown that sacrifice and forgiveness have a transformative affect upon relationships (Fincham, Stanley, & Beach, 1997). Yet despite the accumulating evidence in support of selfless attributes for the success of male-female relationships, individuals are continually absorbing subtle and outright messages that convey that a particular focus on solidifying self will lend to the other sex taking interest.
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Posted on April 26th, 2010 by Ashley Crouch
Share According to CNN senior medical health correspondent Elizabeth Cohen, “friends with benefits” isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. In fact, the term might more aptly be called “friends with risks.” Cohen outlines the medical consequences of the hook-up culture, which begs the question, do the benefits outweigh the risks included in this lifestyle? [...]
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Posted on March 16th, 2010 by Cassy Hough
In their Prolife Propatria article “On the Forgotten Art of Pitching Woo”, Kevin Kwasnik and Ashley Crouch launch into a thoughtful discussion of the distinction between “wooing” and “pursuing”.
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Posted on November 4th, 2009 by Ashley Crouch
When we embrace the sexualized college student role, we surrender our identities: The vibrant, beautiful, curious, winsome, self-controlled men and women that we are. Will we be slaves to sexuality, or seek out something more?
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Posted on October 29th, 2009 by Cassy Hough
Reacting to the common perception that all college students are engaging in casual sexual activities and enjoying it, this Headline Bistro article offers a different perspective on the sentiments of young men and women toward the hook-up culture and its consequences.
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Posted on October 16th, 2009 by Cassy Hough
ShareThere is certainly no shortage of talk about sex, especially on college campuses. The sexual revolution of the 1960’s and 1970’s left no small footprint on American college social and intellectual life. Young men and women no sooner walk onto campus their freshman year than they are bombarded with information about where to find the [...]
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