Uncoupling the hookup culture

Ian Tuttle – St. Enter the Anscombe Society. The society is religiously unaffiliated and politically nonpartisan, and Pollnow says that, while they stake out positions on various hot-button issues eg.

Happy hookup: Having beaten Columbia’s Will Allen, Harvard junior wide receiver Jack Cook waits for the pass from senior quarterback Tom Stewart. Cook made the grab and then dashed to the end zone for the longest touchdown pass in Crimson history—92 yards.

The median number of relationships that Harvard seniors reported? Throwing Harvard into the equation just makes everything worse. Gender roles have come a long way, but anachronistic perceptions about inequality of the sexes still exist, especially when it comes to sexual attraction within coed circles of super accomplished year olds.

When the demographics are reversed, however, women will rate the guy wearing a Harvard-emblazoned shirt as more attractive than the one without. According to another study, men prefer smart women in theory, but not in real life. A team of researchers asked male undergraduate students to take an intelligence test before meeting up with a female participant who either performed better or worse than they did on the test.

When meeting up with them in person, the men sat further away from the women who performed better than they did on the hypothetical exam and also rated them as less attractive, even if they initially said that they found female intelligence to be an attractive quality in dating partners. Men might prefer less accomplished women for the same reason that many women prefer taller men. Deeply ingrained gender perceptions can be harmful all around. Anecdotally, Harvard women are also less impressed by Harvard men.

When women are educated and accomplished, they tend to hold higher standards for their dating partners. One common complaint among friends of mine: