What is “hook up culture”?   Basically they can be defined as “uncommitted sexual encounters.”  What are the categories?  One-night stands  Friends w/ benefits  Avoidance of relationships - “I’m not ready for something serious”  Putting-off a relationship-“ Someday but not TODAY”

It’s not NEW but it is DIFFERENT  The feminist movement of the 1960’s empowered women to challenge “social norms”  Social norms or mores are the rules of behavior that are considered acceptable in a group or society. People who do not follow these normsmay be shunned or suffer some kind of consequence.  At the core of the sexual revolution was the concept -- radical at the time -- that women, just like men, enjoyed sex and had sexual needs. Feminists asserted that single women had the same sexual desires and should have the same sexual freedoms as everyone else in society. For feminists, the sexual revolution was about female sexual empowerment. For social conservatives, the sexual revolution was an invitation for promiscuity and an attack on the very foundation of American society -- the family. ( Movie article on “The PILL-

The Pill  Fertility & Fear - If we can avoid getting pregnant, we can avoid responsibility & morality —- This was the thought process of the time—- Freedom meant individuals could do things beyond was acceptable.  In a 1966 feature on the Pill and morality, the magazine U.S. News and World Report asked, "Is the Pill regarded as a license for promiscuity? Can its availability to all women of childbearing age lead to sexual anarchy?"

 Fast forward: 2000’s: Are we in another sexual revolution? Does hook up culture define & mark us as a generation?  Society does intact have a BIG effect on social behavior, what is seen as the “norm” is not always what our Church supports.  Why should this matter to us? What’s popular isn't always what’s right.

revolution  “The bishops of Africa are prophetic in reminding us that the role of the Church is to transform the culture, not to be transformed by the culture,” Dolan said. “I’m afraid sometimes we in the West might say, ‘Oh, I guess we ought to dilute things, I guess we ought to capitulate, it’s obvious this teaching’s being rejected, we’re not popular.’ And the Africans say, ‘Well, you know what? We’re not supposed to be. What we’re supposed to do is propose the truth and invite people by the love and the joy of our lives to embrace the truth. And take it from us, brothers, it works.”  - Archbishop Timothy Dolan

 Today’s “sexual revolution” is not new, it may look a little different.   Blame the much-documented rise of the “hookup culture” among young people, characterized by spontaneous, commitment-free (and often, alcohol- fueled) romantic flings. Many students today have never been on a traditional date, said Donna Freitas, who has taught religion and gender studies at Boston University and Hofstra and is the author of the forthcoming book, “The End of Sex: How Hookup Culture is Leaving a Generation Unhappy, Sexually Unfulfilled, and Confused About Intimacy.”