The Battle Of The Sexes

Have you ever thought about what the sun and moon would say to each other if they were given an opportunity to communicate? In her article “Between the Sexes, A Great Divide”, Anna Quindlen shows the differences between the genders, like sun and moon, and the divide that exists between them, which starts from the first high school dance, where boys and girls are far away from each other, and all the game is about who is going to do the first move. I mainly agree with Quindlen, that “it is the dance that’s important, not the difference,” but there are some points that I have a different opinion, such as the conclusion is which the writer comes. Only one thing is certain• there are not only differences between men and women, but there are

Free-and-easy sex prides itself on being commitment free, no emotional ties attached. Today, this idea of leaving all emotions at the door is the supposedly, sophisticated choice on campus. It is now well understood that traditional dating in college has mostly gone the way of the landline, replaced by “hooking up”- an ambiguous term that can signify anything from making out to oral sex to intercourse - all complete without the emotional entanglement of a real relationship. As times have changed, students begin to view a relationship as “too time consuming” and something that no longer takes priority amongst their busy, high achieving schedules. However, hooking up threatens the sexual, physical, and psychological health of college-age youth. Today’s youth may want to think twice before engaging in the prevalent hook-up culture. Despite the popularity of positive feelings, hookups can include negative outcomes including emotional and psychological injury, and even more concerning consequences such as unintended rape. In order to protect our generation, and more specifically our women, society must acknowledge the detrimental effects of a hook up culture to create a greater understanding surrounding this risky sexual behavior and ensure a more powerful, positive presence for women in our society. The combination of a society seeped in rape culture and an alcohol infused hookup culture creates a compromising sexual environment where women have limited control, opening the

In his essay, “Sexism in Practice: Feminist Ethics Evaluating the Hookup Culture,” Conor Kelly argues that the hook up culture prevalent in today’s society is sexist towards females. He argues that this culture gives off the illusion of freedom, but it instead disempowers women. Kelly begins by giving the definition of hook up culture. He defines it as, “the practice of pursuing sexual activity without any expectation of a relationship.” He then states what he believes are the four main factors that contribute to the disempowerment brought on by this culture: a lack of commitment, use of ambiguous language, alcohol use, and a social pressure to conform. Kelly then gives his argument as to why hookup culture should be concerning.

Throughout the book, Bogle places particular attention to gender differences. Supporting Bogle’s findings, there is still a double standard for men and women. Participation in the hookup scene is risky for women, while men have few, if any risks. Women who behave too “sexually” in the hookup culture have to recognize that there are repercussions. These repercussions include damaged reputations, being labeled, and being ostracized by peers. Women can get labeled, damage their reputations, or ostracized by having too many partners, hooking up with two guys that know each other well, dressing in a seductive manner, constantly hanging around a fraternity house, or drinking too much.

I hope you have packed all your things and told your family goodbye because you are leaving for college to experience a whole new world full of different people. Studying and doing your homework will consume most of your time and energy, leaving little effort to be invested in relationships. Nonetheless, there is no need to worry for college hookups have been a solution to this dilemma for decades. Despite being a solution, there are several controversies that surround hooking up with random people during the college experience, which that became a topic of discussion and research involving different styles of writing, including various rhetorical appeals. In relation to that style, the author of the article “Gender, Agency, and Sexual Decision Making in Collegiate Hookups” effectively establishes her credibility through her resources, logic through her personal research, and emotions through her words.

Wade, L., & Heldman, C. (2010). First-year college students confront hookup culture. In J. DeLamater and L. Carpenter (Eds.), Sexuality over the life course: Emerging perspectives. New York: New York University Press (in

In an article, “Hooking Up” by Jenifer Kunz; expresses the differences between hooking up and dating in college. She explores her research surrounding the causes and effects of hooking up especially in

When thinking of gender roles in society, stereotypes generally come to mind. Throughout history these stereotypes have only proven to be true. Major historical events have had a huge impact on the way men and women are seen and treated. In this way, women have always been secondary to males and seen as the fragile counterparts whose job is to take care of the household and most importantly, be loyal to her husband no matter the circumstance. Gender roles throughout history have greatly influenced society. The slow progress of woman’s rights throughout humanities led to an explosion of woman’s rights throughout the 20th century and that trend will only continue on into the rest of the 21st century.

In the essay “Sexism in Practice: Feminist Ethics Evaluating the Hookup Culture,” ethicist Conor Kelly argues that the “four common features of [hookup] culture” (which consists of 1) “lack of commitment”; 2) “ambiguous language”; 3) “the use of alcohol”; and 4) overwhelming “social pressure to conform” [65]) injures the freedoms of all undergraduates students (though, more so for those who are female). While I wholeheartedly agree with Kelly that peer pressure, cryptic language, and the presence of alcohol are elements of hookup culture which harm the liberties of students, I do not believe that a desire to avoid commitment endangers anyone (at least to the extent of what is suggested in the paper). Furthermore, I do not feel that “lack of commitment” (65) is even a viable feature of

Hooking up has become an increasingly studied culture by many sociologists around the country. These studies have been done to understand the shift from the old culture of dating to the new culture of hooking up that we experience now. Many people find it interesting that the kids of our generation have become so sexualized and carefree compared to the college days of our parents. Many people wonder how we got to this point and how the dynamics of hookups work, and why we continue to go on with them even sometimes at cost of our mental and physical help. One of these people was Kathleen A. Bogle, who wrote an entire book on the subject called, Hooking Up: Sex, Dating, and Relationships on Campus, which is the focal point of this essay.

In the article, Is hooking up bad for young women, can be summed up by saying that young girls having sex is nothing new. The term hooking up has a both negative and positive aspects for girls. With the negative side, young girls are labeled more as a whore and a slut by their peers if their casual encounters are made public. While reading this article the thing that caught my attention the most was women who have had more sexual encounters with men have less desire for sex, then women who have been in a long term relationship. Many people who have been in a long relationship, feel like because they've been with that guy for so long, they must have sex, as opposed to the girls who aren't in a relationship don't know who to have sex with. The

It’s a compelling time we live in where “hooking up” has become increasingly socially acceptable and typical, especially with young adults throughout many college campuses across North America. The article published online by the American Psychological Association, titled Sexual Hook-Up and written by Justin Garcia, contemplates the literature on uncommitted sexual behavior and analyzes the research on the psychological consequences. Garcia takes various studies from the previous 10 years and draws up intriguing conclusions concerning how gender discrepancies, remorse, and physical and mental health exemplify the hookup culture. Garcia, while presenting facts and studies, develops a thorough and neutral perspective on the advantages and disadvantages of a typical one-night stand.

Battle of the Sexes is a title for numerous tv shows, board games, films, and even a radio talk show. The idea of competition between males and females is very prominent in todays society, and also in the past. Competition of genders has existed since the creation of humankind, and can also be found in other mammals. It can be found in numerous places such as a corporate business setting, in a school building, in the wild, in a families home, and everywhere across the world. Gender competition doesn't just exist in reality television shows and the media. It is a part of everyday living. So why does Gender competition exist? Theories throughout psychology can help students understand the

Meeting someone at a party or already knowing someone at a party and performing sexual acts on one another seems like it is part of everyday life on a college campus anymore. College students are not only the most common people found in this culture, but are also most susceptible to becoming a part of this culture. Say that a male freshman goes to a new friend’s apartment for the weekend to hang out, not knowing there were going to be girls over for the weekend too. The man becomes physically attracted to one of the women there, and on impulse, tries to kiss the woman. The woman kisses back, and before they know it, the two have just hooked up. Becoming part of hook up culture is just that

Orenstein began her quest for an honest account of today’s hook-up culture as her daughter approached adolescence. Prior to this point in her life, she had only heard from friends about how teenage girls were treated in today’s culture, now she needed to know if this type of culture really did exist. Since she had been chronicling girl’s lives for over twenty-five years, it was an obvious place to start (Orenstein, P., 2016). She interviewed girls, psychologists, sociologists, pediatricians, educators, and journalist to uncover the ugly truth.