The House Regrets The Rise Of A 'Hookup Culture'

NOTICE: I don't agree with the practices of the hook-up culture. Nor have I taken part in this culture whatsoever. But the hook-up culture is not regrettable as Pro insists. I don't agree that it is a"culture" either. Here is the definition of culture "enlightenment and excellence of taste acquired by intellectual and aesthetic training[p1]." Culture comes from the classical term "cultura." In essence, culture refers to agriculture and development. The hook-up "culture" is more of an environment because it is not cultivated or developed at all. It is merely instinctive. Maybe I am an elitist but I will refer to the terms as the "hook-up culture" for the convenience of my opponent.[p1]http://www.merriam-webster.com...The rise of the hook-up culture over the last few decades was inevitable. It was inevitable because of the Western concept of Romantic Love[1]. Romantic Love encourages human beings to search for people they are sexually attracted to so they can eventually marry. Versus historically in the overwhelming majority of most places in the world most marriages were arranged and had nothing to do with love whatsoever[2]. The hook-up culture was the result of the Sexual Revolution in the 1960's with the promotion of public sexual promiscuity, birth control pills, acceptance of children born outside of wedlock, and sex becoming more acceptable to discuss in public[3]. The hook-up culture is a culture that encourages people to have as much sexual pleasure as they desire. Is this is not what human beings should want? To get the most pleasure out of their miniscule life should be a goal.[1]http://www.newenglishreview.org...[2]Jodi O'Brien (2008), Encyclopedia of Gender and Society, Volume 1, SAGE Publications, page 40-42[3]http://www.pbs.org...Here are the following reasons why the hook-up culture is not regrettable:1. The hook-up culture maximizes pleasure for the participants.The hook-up culture allows people to have sex with whomever they are sexually attracted to. 2. The hook-up culture encourages people to find the best lover available.The hook-up culture allows for people to search through various amounts of people to find their perfect lover. They are more likely to find someone they would want to marry through this method.3. Women are not demonized in the hook-up culture.Sl%@,bi%#!, wh%$#, a loose woman, a floozy, a fille de joie, a moll, a nympho, a doxy, a hussy, a coquette and a prostitute are all descriptions of a woman who may be sexual promiscuous. In the hook-up culture women cannot be vilified by such malicious slurs. Versus before the hook-up culture a woman would of been vilified for even dreaming about being sexually promiscuous. [4]http://www.thefreedictionary.com...[5]http://www.thefreedictionary.com...[6]http://www.thefreedictionary.com...[7]http://www.thefreedictionary.com...[8]http://www.thefreedictionary.com...[9]http://www.thefreedictionary.com...[10]http://www.thefreedictionary.com...4. The hook-up culture discourages sexism.The hook-up culture encourages men and women to participate in what some may call a libertine atmosphere. Neither side is shamed for participating in whatever way they chose in this culture. Therefore the hook-up culture promotes a form of equality.5. The hook-up culture is better than the previous sexual culture. Therefore it is not regrettable.The previous culture(in the united States at least) encouraged people to find someone, marry them, and then mate with them[11]. But what happens if someone married the "wrong" person. That person is now stuck with that person for life. To commit adultery would of incurred the wrath of society. Now people have more of a chance to feel out whom they may want to spend their life with for a life time if they wish.[11]http://xroads.virginia.edu...---See this letter: "NEW YORK. June 9, 1831. Letter from Tocqueville to his sister, describing the courtship and marriage habits of the Americans."6. The hook-up culture does not require emotional bonding. Therefore it is a force for good as well.Sex is an biological action[12]. There is no biological reason for why someone should be bound to someone they have had sex with. Perhaps if they produced children, blood parasitism would force the participants to be emotionally bound together[13]. Otherwise there is no biological reason to be emotionally bound.[12]http://www.pbs.org...[13]http://www.academia.edu...7. There is no such thing as "right" or "wrong." That is a matter of opinion exclusively.There will be many voices claiming that the hook-up culture it is morally disgusting. I merely reply "there is no right or wrong." They dislike promiscuity and are only attempting to shame those who partake in such actions. If it was allegedly "wrong," human beings wouldn't be capable of engaging in such actions.8. The hook-up culture encourages people to find different lovers.Instead of getting married and being bound to one person the hook-up culture encourages people to try different people. Therefore one would never run into boredom that other relationships would require being bound to one person. There will always be someone else in the hook-up culture. Then attempting to hook-up with someone else won't result in any action from outside parties in the hook-up culture.9. The hook-up culture encourages sex. Therefore the hook-up culture encourages more exercise[14].[14]http://www.fitnessmagazine.com...10. The hook-up culture is chosen by those that chose to engage in it.The hook-up culture is voluntary. There will be regrets and undesirable aftereffects in the culture. The people who engage in the hook-up culture assert assume this responsibility.