College kids today...

[astuffedshirt_perv]

In the Washington Post Magazine today, they have profiles of dating. Check out this line from one of the profiles:

"If I were to meet a girl in a college bar and ask her to dinner, it probably would be off-putting. “You’re a little forward,” she might say. “Shouldn’t we have sex first?”"

What do you think? Is the college scene really like that?

Kids today...what I wouldn't give to be young again.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Its always been like this.

 

[someoneyouknow]

I have an article from January 2013 titled, "The End of Courtship?" from the NY Times. Here are the second and third paragraphs:

“At 10 p.m., I hadn’t heard from him,” said Ms. Silver, 30, who wore her favorite skinny black jeans. Finally, at 10:30, he sent a text message. “Hey, I’m at Pub & Kitchen, want to meet up for a drink or whatever?” he wrote, before adding, “I’m here with a bunch of friends from college.”

Turned off, she fired back a text message, politely declining. But in retrospect, she might have adjusted her expectations. “The word ‘date’ should almost be stricken from the dictionary,” Ms. Silver said. “Dating culture has evolved to a cycle of text messages, each one requiring the code-breaking skills of a cold war spy to interpret.”

Further down, the article states:

Hookups may be fine for college students, but what about after, when they start to build an adult life? The problem is that “young people today don’t know how to get out of hookup culture,” Ms. Freitas said. In interviews with students, many graduating seniors did not know the first thing about the basic mechanics of a traditional date. “They’re wondering, ‘If you like someone, how would you walk up to them? What would you say? What words would you use?’ ” Ms. Freitas said.


http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/fashion/the-end-of-courtship.html?hpw&_r=0

 

[astuffedshirt_perv]

I'm well aware of the hookup culture and the demise of dating, but the "sex as a precursor to dating" is something I hadn't heard of.

 

[JohnnySavage]

I'm well aware of the hookup culture and the demise of dating, but the "sex as a precursor to dating" is something I hadn't heard of.

We already have a Mike Yates.

 

[phrodeau]

I'm well aware of the hookup culture and the demise of dating, but the "sex as a precursor to dating" is something I hadn't heard of.

Sounds more like rape culture than hookup culture.

 

[Libsam]

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