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Mel, twenty-something, Latinx, recognized me from research and methods, referring to her friend who stopped coming clubbing with her.
"She just doesn't understand that I can like it just as much as I hate it. Cause it's fun sometimes to get dressed up and hang out. How else are we supposed to meet people, you know? At least everyone here usually comes here because they want to meet someone or at least they want to hookup, which is fine cause hooking up is easy, you know, sometimes—most times—because there's less drama, but then again, I don't know. I mean, you know how it is. It's—"
"Shot! Shot! Shot!"
It's good until it isn't.
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The Culture of Hooking Up
Romance★ NOW PUBLISHED! ★ Hookup Culture Noun The idea that casual sexual encounters are the best or only way to engage sexually in college, a set of practices that facilitate casual sexual encounters, and an organizational structure that supports the...
