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It's Just a Hook Up



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What is the "hook up" culture? This pod, from the producer's of the Emmy nominated documentary "Song of Songs," asks college students to define the meaning of "hooking up."
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26 responses // It's Just a Hook Up

  • Very interesting. The remarks about how one partner in a hook-up will get feelings for the other, and usually drives the other away, was particularly pertinent, as I've seen tons of my friends fall victim to that situation.
    egarlow
  • this pod caught my eye and i want the college kids 2 know they arent the only age group who are hooking up.my friends who are 30-50 years old have been experiencing this same sort of sex. i must admit ive been there done that. Get some and please go home i dont want all that emotional mental bulls--- that comes with a real relationship right now. i have let my hook-up friend know that, he didnt like it but when i call he is right there.he says he wants to be with me and have a relationship but his actions dont match his words and i really am not ready for all that Sorry Sweetie.
    owner1
  • Yes I have seen these things happen to my friends as well. One of them has a boyfriend back home, but she claims that she still needs sex and sleeps with guys at my school, with no deep emotional attachment, but of course one of them got into a relationship and said that they couldn't see each other anymore and she was upset by it. But i have many friends who just sleep around and don't care, it is becoming part of our culture, that can be scary with STDs floating around.
    ks33182
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  • i had mixed feelings at first but this is a nice pod. there's always the critique that this sort of stuff is just interesting to viewers because it's titillating, but this vid actually asks some hard questions and makes some good points, so it's worth it.

    it's ironic that our culture is so wrapped up in romance and love stories but nobody wants to risk actually going out and looking for and giving real love. i'm kind of glad i'm a little bit older than this generation of scared and superficial hooker-uppers.
    steev
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  • I really wish that this pod had explored kids in different places. It's a very limited scope. A pod like this makes a sort of sweeping statement about what 'young people' are into. One cant say anything about 'young people' if it's really only young people on one campus. What about young people that dont go to college? Or live in a different state? or are completely in a different living situation? I dont know. Seems sort of elementary to me.
    iOw
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  • I think describing the current youth culture as the "hook-up" generation is very insightful; there is a lot of pressure from society and the media to try something new, get your money's worth, then move on--fast--whether it be a commercial product or a human being.
    PaintingM
  • We try on clothes before we buy. 1day to long term
    We test drive cars before buy. 2 to 6 yr comitment
    Why can't it be acceptable to try out different lovers before we make a 10, 20,40, or 70 year commitment?
    Let's stop compairing things that should not be comparative
    eggsdenison
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  • We alway's Scream that we R equal to 1 another,yet we feel we have 2 stick our finger N2 each flavor ov icecream...Hunh. think B4 replying...
    Blackfoot777
  • I need to sleep with 50 women a year... Then I'm a man. Sleeping with many many women proves my manhood ..right ???
    TheCocoon
  • I can't stand the hookup culture. It makes me kind of sick to see everyone going out each night, to add another notch to their belts. It's also kind of unsettling to think that, considering the rate at which some people add those notches, it's not uncommon for someone to have 10-20 sexual "partners" before they settle down.

    I don't want to sound like an "unhip" sex-starved loser (incidentally, I'm not so great at initiating hookups lol), but it really does bug me...
    mransom
  • I love watching humanity regress back towards its primitive roots -- rhythmic music, seductive dance and random sex -- it all makes me ill.

    "If it were not for this extensive bug collection, I would know not what I've found." ~ From Autumn to Ashes
    Narcoleptic_Insomnia
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  • This pod addresses a pretty huge issue for people today. It's basically an entire generation for whom "intimacy" and "marriage" are bad words.

    The most interesting comment I heard was from the girl who said that her parents were actually urging her to be more promiscuous instead of being in a monogamous relationship.

    How many parents would say that 50 years ago...
    ...or 20 years ago even?

    A total 180.
    squidteeth
  • Everything comes with a consequence, good or ill. The benefits of hooking up do not exceed the negative.
    Kylsport
  • It is very sad being witness to the rapid decay of morality in America. To think that America was founded by Protestants. Now this. Surely, our forefathers are rolling over in their graves.
    kylelower
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  • its good to think that women are catching up to men with what is socially acceptable towards sex. id rather it be a predator/predator interaction than a predator/prey interaction.
    TKerger96
  • This is simply our generations response to our parents lack of sexual variety despite their 'sexual revolution' it is our generation whom reaps the benefits
    jordaniswater
  • I have to admit that after sleeping around a lot sex has become less meaningful.
    Going through the whole dating thing makes it better because you have something to look forward too and you actually like the person.
    You really can not make a relationship out of a one night stand. Every guy that sleeps around does want some form of commitment but it is way easier to hit a club or party up for that part of the relationship.
    bostongeorge
  • Time for the daily lesson kids! A Hook-Up is when two people get together and date for a while.. that's called a relationship. You have to be loyal and caring.. but if they're not the one for you ditch em' ...and the process goes on and on.
    Eri_Soulja
  • Hooking up is different things to different people but, over time it's seems to be that hooking up can be the way a relationship starts.
    honeybrownhnm

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