7 Easy Ways Parents Can Sneak in Date Night
8 Tips to Help You Get Through a Breakup
Beyond Dinner and a Movie: 12 Unique Valentine's Day Date Ideas
Relationship Experts Share the 10 Most Common Issues in a Marriage
Survey Reveals Who Women Are More Likely to Have an Affair With
10 Things I Learned About Love the Second Time Around
5 Reasons Why I Will Never Fall in Love with My Son's Sperm Donor
Getting Out of the Date-Night Rut
My Husband Is the Head of Our Household
14 Things I Learned in a Decade of Marriage
I Was Accidentally Manipulating My Husband
I'm a "Cheesy" Guy, and Proud of It
Why Every Mom Needs a Non-Mom BFF
I'm So Glad We Stayed Married "For the Kids"
12 Little Things My Husband Does That Make Me Smile
Why Dating Yourself Can Strengthen Your Marriage
12 Pieces of Dating Advice I Wish I'd Followed
16 Love Lessons I Have Learned from My Children
7 Ways Marriage Has Helped Boost My Self-Esteem
Why My Love Is Like Gold
If you turn on the television or watch any movie geared towards college-aged people, there is one common story line: The “hookup.” It seems so prevalent in this age-group that it’s been coined the “hookup culture” where college-aged people are engaging in more bedroom activity than in past years. There’s a perception that young adults are abandoning the traditional relationships in favor of quick and easy hookups that require no long-term commitment.
So, what is a hookup?
Research from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln defines a hookup as “the slang term for casual intimate encounters outside of dating or exclusive relationships” and typically involves intimate encounters that are unplanned and uninhibited. In the 300 students involved in this research, 54% shared that they participated in definition-following hookup during the school year – with a greater number of males (63%) than females (45%).
That sounds like a lot, but is the number of college-aged students who report to have hookups higher than those who prefer exclusive, traditional dating?
Probably not, according to a new study published in the Journal of Sex Research.
The latest study compares results of a survey on sexual practices from 1988-1996 to one from 2004-2012 in an attempt to see if college-aged students (18-25 years old) have replaced traditional dating in favor of the hookup.
According to the researchers, after combing through all the information between the two surveys, they concluded:
Modest changes are consistent with cultural shifts in the ‘‘scripts’’ and terminology surrounding sexuality. We find no evidence of substantial changes in sexual behavior that would indicate a new or pervasive pattern of non-relational sex among contemporary college students.
So, there you have it. The “hookup culture” is nothing more than whatever our parents were doing in college … we’re just a lot more creative with terminology.
Are you worried about what your kids will be doing once they reach college?
8 Tips to Help You Get Through a Breakup
Beyond Dinner and a Movie: 12 Unique Valentine's Day Date Ideas
Relationship Experts Share the 10 Most Common Issues in a Marriage
Survey Reveals Who Women Are More Likely to Have an Affair With
10 Things I Learned About Love the Second Time Around
5 Reasons Why I Will Never Fall in Love with My Son's Sperm Donor
Getting Out of the Date-Night Rut
My Husband Is the Head of Our Household
14 Things I Learned in a Decade of Marriage
I Was Accidentally Manipulating My Husband
I'm a "Cheesy" Guy, and Proud of It
Why Every Mom Needs a Non-Mom BFF
I'm So Glad We Stayed Married "For the Kids"
12 Little Things My Husband Does That Make Me Smile
Why Dating Yourself Can Strengthen Your Marriage
12 Pieces of Dating Advice I Wish I'd Followed
16 Love Lessons I Have Learned from My Children
7 Ways Marriage Has Helped Boost My Self-Esteem
Why My Love Is Like Gold
If you turn on the television or watch any movie geared towards college-aged people, there is one common story line: The “hookup.” It seems so prevalent in this age-group that it’s been coined the “hookup culture” where college-aged people are engaging in more bedroom activity than in past years. There’s a perception that young adults are abandoning the traditional relationships in favor of quick and easy hookups that require no long-term commitment.
So, what is a hookup?
Research from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln defines a hookup as “the slang term for casual intimate encounters outside of dating or exclusive relationships” and typically involves intimate encounters that are unplanned and uninhibited. In the 300 students involved in this research, 54% shared that they participated in definition-following hookup during the school year – with a greater number of males (63%) than females (45%).
That sounds like a lot, but is the number of college-aged students who report to have hookups higher than those who prefer exclusive, traditional dating?
Probably not, according to a new study published in the Journal of Sex Research.
The latest study compares results of a survey on sexual practices from 1988-1996 to one from 2004-2012 in an attempt to see if college-aged students (18-25 years old) have replaced traditional dating in favor of the hookup.
According to the researchers, after combing through all the information between the two surveys, they concluded:
Modest changes are consistent with cultural shifts in the ‘‘scripts’’ and terminology surrounding sexuality. We find no evidence of substantial changes in sexual behavior that would indicate a new or pervasive pattern of non-relational sex among contemporary college students.
So, there you have it. The “hookup culture” is nothing more than whatever our parents were doing in college … we’re just a lot more creative with terminology.
Are you worried about what your kids will be doing once they reach college?