Argument Essay On Hook Up

When thinking about this question, I realized that how I classified a “hook up” depends on who I am talking to. When I am talking to female friends, a hook-up is making out with someone that we don’t know very well, but if it is a male it is sexual acts like oral sex, manual stimulation, and intercourse. While this is a personal distinction that I make when discussing the topic, I think it highlights the perception that men and woman expect different things to happen when they hookup. While many women do hook-up just for sex, I think they are also more likely to classify making out with a man as a hook up because they have been socialized to consider any sexual act as being a big deal. However, men have been socialized to “seal the deal” and

It also allows women that opportunity to be intimate with someone without having to be exclusive or commit time and energy to a serious relationship. With most young people of both genders, but especially woman, becoming more and more career focused it allows for romantic interaction that fits into their lives. This is probably becoming more acceptable due to the feminist movement and easy access to contraception that lets young women to gain sexual gratification without having to worry about being pregnant or shamed as badly. However, as was pointed out in Sex on The Brain, the pill also reduces sexual desire in woman making it less likely that they want to hook up. The woman also have the power to choose what sexual acts happen in a hook up, which in itself can be empowering and add to why the definition of a hook up is different between men and women. While the man only considers it a hook up or a success if he ejaculates in some situations, the woman considers it a hook up if she relinquishes control and allows for making out or petting. Again, these are generalizations, but with how individuals have been socialized by the media is makes some sense to