Hooking Up: Sex, Dating, and Relationships on Campus [Paperback]

Kathleen A. Bogle (Author)

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Paperback: 225 pages
Publisher: New York University Press (January 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0814799698
ISBN-13: 978-0814799697
Product Dimensions: 22.7 x 15.3 x 1.2 cm
Shipping Weight: 295 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #331,922 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Hooking-up is the term du jour, connoting a wide range of consensual sexual activities, with no pretense of starting a relationship, between young, mostly college-age students. This study by Bogle, an assistant professor of sociology and criminal justice at LaSalle University—based on 76 interviews with mostly white college students and recent graduates from 2001 to 2006—gives a wide range of voices and opinions on hooking-up culture. While there are few surprises (women are still, for the most part, subjected to a punishing sexual double standard)—Bogle is a smart interviewer and gets her subjects to reveal intimate and often embarrassing details without being moralizing. She interrogates her subjects about alcohol use, the relationship of gay and lesbian students to hook-up culture, and opting out of hook-up culture. Bogle's work is important because it offers a complex portrait of young people grappling the best way they know how with the sexual realities of a rapidly changing world. Although limited in scope, this evenhanded, sympathetic book on a topic that has received far too much sensational and shoddy coverage is an important addition to the contemporary literature on youth and sexuality. (Feb.)
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Amazon.com: 4.4 out of 5 stars (10 customer reviews)

22 of 25 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A great read!!, Feb 11 2008

By KAD - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Hooking Up: Sex, Dating, and Relationships on Campus (Paperback)

This book just validated my entire college experience! The interviews Bogle did with college men and women show the true disparity between the sexes when it comes to hooking up. I was always the girl "hoping it would lead to something" and always seemed to find the guy who was thinking the opposite. Bottom line, I laughed out loud at many of the interviews and how they tied in with my experiences, and those of my girlfriends, on campus. Also, now that I am a parent, I would strongly recommend this book to parents of first-time college students so they have a clue as to what's going on on campus and how to talk to their son or daughter about it.

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Impressive, Feb 15 2008

By wfb916 - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Hooking Up: Sex, Dating, and Relationships on Campus (Paperback)

I just finished reading Hooking Up. What impressed me the most is that the author let the people she interviewed tell their stories so that it was the college students and twenty-something's themselves who reveal what hooking up is and how it affects them. I really appreciated that author was not judgmental and I bet that is why everyone who was interviewed seemed so forthcoming.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in learning more about what it's like to be a single man or woman today - including college students, young adults and their parents. I think women especially will find it eye opening.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A GREAT READ!!!, Nov 19 2008

By Amanda Keegan "Amanda" - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Hooking Up: Sex, Dating, and Relationships on Campus (Paperback)

EVERY college student should this book, even if you are not a part of the hook-up culture. This book is very, very interesting and honest. Bogle is one of the few people to do research on hooking up on campus and her method of approach was really effective and intriguing. Bogle interviewed students from a large state college and a private univeristy on the college hook up culture and dating scene. She includes snippets of her interviews throughout the book, making it a really great page-turner. The answers are so interesting, proving that Bogle is an excellent researcher and interviewer.

I came across Bogle's book while I was doing some researching for an article on drunk text messaging. I even got the chance to speak with her about the college hook-up scene. If anything is for sure, this woman is brilliant and knows exactly what she is talking about!! I would highly recommend this book to anyone but I especially college students who might need some perspective on their own relationships.

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