http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2009/11/20/donna-freitas-col-94-discusses-the-negative-impact-of-the-hook-up-culture/ The Georgetown Voice Blog Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:01:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2009/11/20/donna-freitas-col-94-discusses-the-negative-impact-of-the-hook-up-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-413690 Shruti Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:10:03 +0000 http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/?p=11375#comment-413690 Eh, it wasn't like they asked us what we thought of hook-ups/dating/sex before picking us, so I don't think it was a cherry-picked group -- it was somewhat of a random sample, but, of course, skewed in some ways (class year, campus involvement, familiarity with administrators/organizers). However, just to clarify, had Donna actually asserted that hook-ups were always, without exception, emotionally damaging, I would've had a problem with that. However, she did address that in a majority of cases, hook-ups were just "meh, whatever", which I agree with: I don't think that's emotionally damaging, per se, but certainly not emotionally fulfilling either. Eh, it wasn’t like they asked us what we thought of hook-ups/dating/sex before picking us, so I don’t think it was a cherry-picked group — it was somewhat of a random sample, but, of course, skewed in some ways (class year, campus involvement, familiarity with administrators/organizers).
However, just to clarify, had Donna actually asserted that hook-ups were always, without exception, emotionally damaging, I would’ve had a problem with that. However, she did address that in a majority of cases, hook-ups were just “meh, whatever”, which I agree with: I don’t think that’s emotionally damaging, per se, but certainly not emotionally fulfilling either.

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