{"id":4953,"date":"2018-11-26T14:16:45","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T19:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=4953"},"modified":"2018-11-26T16:13:24","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T21:13:24","slug":"why-is-there-a-hookup-culture-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/11\/26\/why-is-there-a-hookup-culture-here\/","title":{"rendered":"WHY IS THERE A HOOKUP CULTURE HERE?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4940\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4940\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/112618-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4940\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/112618-7-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"WHY IS THERE A HOOKUP CULTURE HERE? IT SEEMS UNFULLFILLING AND DANGEROUS (STIs) TO ME.\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/112618-7-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/112618-7-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/112618-7-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/112618-7.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4940\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WHY IS THERE A HOOKUP CULTURE HERE? IT SEEMS UNFULFILLING AND DANGEROUS (STIs) TO ME.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As a Wall, I am fortunate that the only hookups I have are those for hanging pictures and such on me! More seriously, perhaps this is something that people (probably on most college campuses, not just BC) like to talk about (even if they don\u2019t participate) and that makes it seem prevalent. Or maybe not. This is a difficult issue to address in such a small space. If you search the catalog for \u201chookup culture\u201d you will find some books that explore the topic. Also check out this article for BC\u2019s \u201cDating Professor\u201d Kerry Cronin\u2019s take: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/bc-hookup\">bit.ly\/bc-hookup<\/a>. The BC Women\u2019s Center offers a \u201cResTalk\u201d program called \u201cUndressing the Hookup Culture\u201d (see <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/HookupResTalk\">bit.ly\/HookupResTalk<\/a>) and may also have other resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a Wall, I am fortunate that the only hookups I have are those for hanging pictures and such on me! More seriously, perhaps this is something that people (probably on most college campuses, not just BC) like to talk about (even if they don\u2019t participate) and that makes it seem prevalent. Or maybe not. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/11\/26\/why-is-there-a-hookup-culture-here\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;WHY IS THERE A HOOKUP CULTURE HERE?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boston-college","category-relationships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4953"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4964,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4953\/revisions\/4964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}