This pressure to hook up can lead to having - and even seeking out - sex when you don't really, genuinely want it.īut that isn't to say that casual sex is itself a problem - approached properly, if anything, it can be and is empowering, liberating, and most importantly, pleasurable.
The ubiquity of porn, media examples, and above all, the swiping model of dating apps have all contributed to a society where hookup culture can be the default - 'If having sex was once taboo, not having it is today,' says Washington Post columnist Christine Emba in her book Rethinking Sex: A Provocation. Just because casual sex has not only been legitimized in recent years, but veritably been made the social standard, doesn't mean that it's always super healthy.
The desire to have sex without strings attached has always been a thing, but proudly searching for just that is just way less taboo than it was when your parents were dating.
Hookup culture has become an accepted style of human connection.
