To stop the rape culture, stop the hook-up culture

By Anonymous A plea for more honesty in the college hook up culture. The college hook up culture is not going to change itself. Countless articles have been written on the end of romance and the degradation in the sanctity of sex. Yes, that is probably accurate. Is that necessarily a bad thing?

Not much has changed, if a new study out of Harvard University is to be believed. The report, titled The Talk: How Adults Can Promote Young Peoples Healthy Relationships and Prevent Misogyny and Sexual Harassment, argues that frets about a hookup culture of allegedly rampant casual sex are misplaced.

By Mariana Barillas June 2, Contradicting popular stereotypes, a major report suggests millennials are looking for more in their love lives than hookups. Harvard School of Graduate Education researchers discovered, after surveying more than 3, young adults, that 84 percent of to year-old respondents preferred other options like going on a date over casual sex. More than 70 percent of respondents wished they received more guidance about romantic relationships from their parents; 65 percent wanted this type of advice from school.

Take this striking comment from one of the teenage participants in the study: We should be discussing the values that should guide you in love and how to really love and respect someone else. And how to be loved by someone else. How to Give Young People the Guidance They Need We know from separate surveys that the vast majority of millennials want to be married someday.