Sex on Campus Isn’t What You Think: What 101 Student Journals Taught Me

Not every college student might be having casual sex, but the cultural forces that encourage casual encounters over other types, called hookup culture, is alive and well. Students at two schools kept journals about their sex lives to help one researcher understand how hookup culture, finances, looks, gender normativity, privilege and “sexually hot, emotionally cold” encounters affect them.

Author: Lisa Wade
Source: The Guardian
Published: Aug 23, 2016
Length: 7 minutes (1,802 words)