In today’s culture many college
students spend a lot of time hooking up.
It’s something that many people use to attempt to fill a feeling of
sexual emptiness, or some do it just for fun either way taking part in this can
really negatively affect an individual.
College is a place for many firsts,
especially when it comes to sexual activity.
Lots of people have anything from their first kiss to their first real
relationship. It can be an exciting time
for some, but it can also lead to a depressing couple of years if you participate
in hooking up. Opinions of hooking up
range from anything as simple as kissing to something as serious as sex. Many of these experiences lead to sadness[1],
which could possibly lead to people feeling left out, or feeling used.
I know some people personally that participate
in hooking up. Though they act like they
are fine, they can never seem to stop hooking up. It’s like they are looking for something to fill
an emptiness within them. Now this is
not how all my friends feel about hooking up.
Some of them love it and enjoy it very much. There is just something about the appeal of
emotionless hook ups that appeals to them.
This hook up life is almost like a sport that
all the cool kids participate in according to a CNN article.[2] More and people are hooking up, leaving more
and more people dissatisfied. Out of the
557 students that were interviewed, and asked how they felt after a hook
up. 41% answered that they felt feelings
of regret and sadness.[3]
Obviously this hook up phenomenon is
something that is not healthy for the average youth in America. Something should not leave you feeling regret
and sadness, but happiness and a feeling of satisfaction. One positive thing that can be taken from all
of this though is that over time with age the want to hook up slowly fades
away. It is they human condition to what
to seek happiness and settle down with someone not to keep moving around from
person to person.[4]
In the end hooking up obviously is
not healthy, but is something that I believe is necessary, for if people did not
hook up they would not realize that it is better to seek better and genuine relationships. So in general terms hooking up is a necessary
evil that hurts but benefits society.
-Nathan Brown
[1] Kerner, Ian. "Young adults and a
hookup culture." May 16 , 2013.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/16/health/kerner-hookup-culture/ (accessed January
31, 2014).
[2] Kerner, Ian. "Young adults and a
hookup culture." May 16 , 2013.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/16/health/kerner-hookup-culture/ (accessed January
31, 2014).
[3] Kerner, Ian. "Young adults and a
hookup culture." May 16 , 2013. http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/16/health/kerner-hookup-culture/
(accessed January 31, 2014).
[4] Kerner, Ian. "Young adults and a
hookup culture." May 16 , 2013.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/16/health/kerner-hookup-culture/ (accessed January
31, 2014).
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