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followed alcohol use, with the average occurring after three drinks, according to "Sexual hook-up culture."
"Under the influence of alcohol, I may not be interested otherwise or I'm not worried about the consequences," Scott said.
WHY IT DOESN'T
Not everybody is hot for hookups. After a hookup, 35 percent of students felt regretful or disappointed, 11 percent confused and 5 percent uncomfortable.
Hannah Whitten-Vile, a junior from Oakland, Calif., said there has been a couple of hookups she has regretted.
"Sometimes I feel gross afterwards
because I wouldn't have done it sober,
or I didn't really want it, but I didn't
say no either." Whitten-Vile said.
Regret can result from feelings of either using someone or being used as well.
More men felt sorry because they felt they used someone while women, felt regretful because they felt they had been used, according to "Sexual hook-up culture."
College campuses team with misconceptions about hookups, including the prevalence of them.
Students overestimated the number of sexual partners their peers had, according to a 2006 study by the American College Health Association. Kathleen Bogle, assistant professor of sociology and criminal justice at La Salle University and author of "Hooking Up: Sex, Dating, and Relationships on Campus, said the pervasiveness of hookups varies campus to campus, including how often and what it involves.
"One misconception is that everybody hooks up or that it just involves sex," Bogle said. "It's definitely going on and is common, but there is a hyped view about it."
This glorified view can create a need to fit in and do what everyone else is doing, a feeling Whitten-Vile has experienced. "I used to feel pressure because the whole culture of hooking up was the way to have fun," Whitten-Vile said.
Both England and Bogle said hooking up can create a double standard against women, a principle that proved true with the "Boom Boom
Couple."
IS COURTSHIP DEAD?
No. About 52 percent of college students are in a relationship, according to a survey by the American College Health Association.
Donna Freitas, author of "The End of Sex: How Hookup Culture is Leaving a Generation Unhappy, Sexually Unfulfilled, and Confused About Intimacy," said that students may see hooking up as their only option, but many still want romance and to date.
"There are a huge number of students who value traditional dating," Freitas said.
Emma, who has been in a committed relationship since December, said she prefers relationships over hook ups.
"I have a strong connection with
my boyfriend, and even though we're in a long distance relationship, I would rather have that any day of the week," Emma said.
However, if students want to shift from hooking up to dating and have not had much experience with courting,they might find themselves in trouble.
"Some students haven't developed relationships skills or know how to date after college," Freitas said. "If it is all they know, then they replicate it out of college."
*Last name has been withheld at the student's request to protect her privacy.
— Edited by Megan Hinman
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