Dating in a Hookup Culture
Throughout history the way in which people have progressed from not knowing one another to marriage has shifted. What began as a business transaction shifted to courtship and, finally, to contemporary dating practices. Recently, however, conventional dating practices seem to have given way to a culture of hookups and one night stands—a culture in which there are no rules. The lack of rules breeds insecurity and superficiality in "relationships." How then do students navigate the waters of forming a healthy relationship? Do we fall into the cultural norm of meaningless hookups or do we "kiss dating goodbye?" Neither of these...