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I plan to add to the Hookup Culture article. I plan to contribute to the History portion on the hookup culture article referencing Kathleen Bogle about the term "hookup" and what it has meant in the past and how it is a slang term.

I tend to add to Religion from a book review by Diane Scharper on  The End of Sex  by Donna Frietas, a theologian and professor. Detailing how the hookup culture has evolved from studies done at different types of college universities. I plan to add to the Drug and Alcohol section as well referencing information from Diane Scharper.

I tend to add to History as well about what "hookup" entails and the meaning of it socially among individuals, especially college aged students referenced from Shannon T. Boodram.

HISTORY (FROM ARTICLE):

This is, according to a review by Garcia, "an unprecedented time in the history of human sexuality."[12] People are marrying and beginning families at ages later than previous generations, while they are becoming sexually mature earlier. As a result, Garcia and others argue, young adults are physiologically able to reproduce but not psychologically or socially ready to 'settle down' and begin a family.[12]

I want to add:

The hookup culture is vaguely defined due to a variety of perspectives taken on the subject. It is hard to make sense of the hookup culture with understanding why it exists in society and why individuals participate in the culture. According to Shannon T. Boodram, "hooking up is nothing more than settling; it is the microwaveable burrito of sex." Hooking up leads to instant gratification for sex, pleasure, a feeling of being loved, an emotional feeling of being adhered to, the thought of the potential of the hook up developing into something less casual, and many more reasons.

HISTORY (FROM ARTICLE):

The rise of hookups, a form of casual sex, has been described by evolutionary biologist Justin Garcia and others as a "cultural revolution" that had its beginnings in the 1920s.[12] Technological advancements such as the automobile and movie theaters brought young couples out of their parents' homes, and out from their watchful eyes, giving them more freedom and more opportunity for sexual activity.[12]

I want to add:

Since the 1920s, there has been a transition from an age of dating to an era of hookup culture. According to Kathleen Bogle, the phrase 'hooking up' is "a slang term" deemed unofficial and unpredictable.

Many other slang terms for hooking up were and still are used such as "friends with benefits" and "booty call." Other terms for repeated acts of hooking up include, "casual sex" or "recreational sex," or defined as a relationship with "no strings attached."

Peer Culture (under College)
College students base their sexual ideas and sexual actions within a peer culture. This is where students who are peers are comparing and differing sexual situations in one's own life amongst each other to create a foundation for the current hookup culture. Kathleen A. Bogle describes the peer culture at universities as the "sexual arena." College students on campuses are able to create and explore their own sexual beings in life by referencing others' intimacy, which tends to be presented publicly.

This peer culture is not only amongst college students, but it may start to develop around the time puberty starts in middle school. In general, puberty is a time when sexuality and body awareness becomes a main focus for individuals to formulate this aspect of their identity. Once in college, the parental aspect is diminished leaving a student feeling a high degree of freedom to truly explore and expand their whole personal identity, strongly including sexual identity especially in this "sexual arena."

According to Bogle, the campuses her studies were done at had a common trend of college students being strongly interested in every other student's private life. This awareness of all the happenings in other students' lives closed the doored for true privacy, and made the college scene an open door in looking at others' relationships and sexual intimacy. College is a highly public environment, any kind of sexual activity or public display of affection at parties or on campus are exposed to others. The viewers of this activity process, interpret, and form assumptions about what was observed. These types of sexual activity or public displays of affection could be as meaningless as two individuals romantically speaking to each other in a high capacity location on campus or could be as extreme as two individuals walking into a bedroom together at a party.

Based on the connections formed by comparing and contrasting oneself by scrutinizing others, one can decide their own sexual ideas and actions with a strong, underlying influence of what is normal amongst one's peers. This is also a universal, subconscious action not only related to sexual behavior, but also in many aspects of life such as in the work field, in academic environments, in social situations, with political standpoints, etc. We are constantly trying to formulate how to live our lives with reference to how other's are living their lives.

This peer culture has evolved and escalated with access to rapid communication such as texting on cell phones and multiple social media applications. Most these social media applications are identity profiles, public thought disposals, and virtual photo albums of oneself, where other's are just a click away from cyber analysis of how that individual displays themselves physically, sexually, psychologically, emotionally, and mentally on the internet. Bogle states that the knowing of other's personal lives isn't just a purpose to gossip, but a way to observe, analyze, and be impacted by other's sexual actions, solely for the purpose of their own actions. A peer culture is where norms surface because individuals begin to conduct themselves in the same manner that their peers do, which creates this typical and common style of acquitting oneself.

Peer Review
Hi Holly! The quotes you are looking to add within the article are great. The "Many other slang terms..." sentence, sounds too vague. Maybe you could just do a section on like slang terms for "hookup culture" where you could bring it up? I'm not too sure what to suggest. For Peer Culture, (I am sure you have the research on it) I would add something about how an individual's freedom from their parents and first taste of independence gives college students the leeway to explore their sexual preferences. Something to that extent. It would also maybe be a good idea to bring up social media like Tinder that allows for hookup culture to be spread quicker. Otherwise, very good job! JocelynSJ (talk) 23:15, 14 October 2016 (UTC)

Great job, Holly! Jocelyn's review pretty much says it all, but what do you think of adding information about apps like Tinder and Bumble? How there are all these technological advancements to relationships, but people use them just to hook up and the percentage of people in relationships is decreasing as a result? You are adding excellent content! - Briana

Bibliography:

Bogle, Kathleen A.. Hooking Up : Sex, Dating, and Relationships on Campus. New York, US: NYU Press, 2008. ProQuest ebrary. Web. 27 September 2016.