Laura Vanderkam writes the essay‚ “Hookups Starve the Soul”. The essay explains the reality of most college students‚ the hookup. The main focus of the essay is to demonstrate that hookups may satisfy our physical needs‚ but they do not satisfy our emotional needs. Vanderkam mentions that the causes behind this could include sexual revolution or co-ed dorms and alcohol abuse‚ but she insists that there is a bigger picture behind all of this. Vanderkam defines the hookup and uses various definitions
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Dulny English 102 Jadi Keambiroiro March 10‚ 2009 The Essay “Hookups Starve the Soul” by Laura Vanderkam Through out Laura Vanderkam’s essay she talks about how students are no longer searching for that long lost lover but instead just partying‚ drinking and finally “hooking up.” As Vanderkam puts it hookups are “when a guy and a girl get together for physical encounter and don’t expect anything else.” (312) Vanderkam continues to say how hookups have all but replaced college relationships
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Justin Benge K Kraus Wrt 101 13 Apr‚ 2013 Hookups Starve the Soul In the essay “Hookups Starve the Soul” by Laura Vanderkam‚ we are given “insight” into college life and what the students may do with their free time. At first glance it may seem that Vanderkam is writing her essay and directing it towards students‚ but she is in fact directing it towards the parents and it seems that the audience is a hostile one too. Vanderkam tries to explain to the parents what is possibly and probably going
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What the Speaker Did Well‚ and Why I Think So Time Management Expert‚ Laura Vanderkam gave an inspirational speech on‚ “How to gain control of your free time.” During the opening of her speech‚ she tells a story about her own faults; being late for scheduled appointments‚ and how busy her own life is as a working mom. She emphasized on being able to put time in perspective‚ prioritizing what is important and how to accomplish your set goals. She references‚ “time is highly elastic‚ we can’t make
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Hook-up culture was up and rising just as the feminist movement was taking place (Stinson‚ 2010). As the availability of contraception grew‚ sex did not need to result into different repercussions (Stinson‚ 2010). Meaningless sex was known as “a declaration of freedom” (Harden‚ 2013). People were free to express their sexual agency (Reid et al.‚ 2011). However‚ there are still ways that this expression could result into consequences both positive‚ like sexual gratification‚ and negative‚ such as
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shows we tend to compare our friends to them. Certain shows like jersey shore had morphed are views on life‚ and has influenced the culture of ‘hook ups’: sex without commitments or any further relationship. As an academic‚ this study will focus more on how “media twists love to look like a flurry of overwhelming passion”‚ while influencing the action of break ups‚ because of unhappy ideals based on what they seen in society by media.
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generally reluctant to discuss sexuality. Instead‚ parents’ communication about sex and relationships was often indirect. Many respondents described sex as a topic that never naturally came up in conversation. Catherine‚ a female of Korean descent‚ recalled: “My parents would be very upset if they knew I was hooking up. They definitely wouldn’t be okay with it. I mean‚ we don’t ever talk about sex or anything like that‚ but even when they met my boyfriend‚ they kept saying things like ‘Oh‚ you guys are
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has been replaced by the growing hookup culture. The concept of hooking up can mean many different things to college students. The reality is that the term is a general umbrella term for many different types of physical interaction. Hooking up can range from simply making out to having a one-night stand. As a result‚ members of older generations find this term to be confusing. They question that if two people are ‘hooking up’ on a regular basis then why would they not be considered to be dating?
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Hook up culture is new trend which is very popular and used among large number of young people today. People start to hook up while they are still in primary school and high school‚ and later on‚ of course at the college. Older people keep telling that this generation leads to nowhere and that is completely lost. The question is what is the purpose of hooking and is it really bad and inappropriate like they sad so? The main purpose is just having fun and young people should enjoy in their lives‚
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In his essay “ Hook-up Culture‚” Jack Grimes tries to figure out why the generation of people right now are more interested in hook-ups rather than relationships‚ while arguing that hook-ups are more than just a fling but for fulfillment of personal needs. Grimes starts off by stating a reason for hook-ups being mostly hormones. Also‚ he talks about people who are into hook-ups might not have the commitment that relationships need. Next‚ hook-ups are roughly defined as casual sexual encounters
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