TKC Staff April 20, Hayden Davidson. The player stands at home plate, bat ready. Here comes the pitch, hard and fast, and it connects with their wood almost perfectly. The crowd screams with pleasure as the ball flies into the stands.
The player holds their fist in the air victoriously, coming quickly back to home plate with a home run. This is part of what makes hookup culture so controversial: who did what with whom? No one really knows unless more information is given, and either way one can expect the almost inevitable judgment that follows.
Do the cons of hooking up outweigh the benefits? The fact is, there are different definitions everywhere, and that seems to be the goal. In a study done by The Journal of Sex Research , a survey collected responses regarding the negative impacts felt by college students after hooking up. In a different study by The Journal of Sexual Health , researchers gathered responses on the positive aspects of hooking up. On the other hand, the positives seem to focus more on the narrative either between the parties hooking up, or even within the individual: confidence, satisfied physical needs and wants, increased awareness.
So the costs are external, but the benefits are intrapersonal. Have you ever hooked up with someone? According to the National Center of Health Statistics , the percentage of never-married males and females aged who have had sexual intercourse has steadily decreased since the 80s. Now, this data set explicitly pertains to sex between a man and a woman β on our baseball diamond, known as a homerun β so discludes the other bases as well as sexual activity between non-straight people.
This issue goes hand in hand with shaming sex and experimentation. In a doctorate study from a professor at St. This data is reflected in a multitude of studies, including the dating site Match. Match reported that most young respondents reported having sex seven days prior to the survey.
