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The End Of Sex: How Hookup Culture Is Leaving A Generation Unhappy, Sexually Unfulfilled, And Confused About Intimacy (2013)

by Donna Freitas(Favorite Author)

3.7 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0465002153 (ISBN13: 9780465002153)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Basic Books

review 1: I picked this up on a lark and found it fascinating, and very refreshing. Hookup culture as described here was not entirely prevalent on my college campus when I was in college ten years ago (although perhaps as a commuter student I simply opted out by default), but I can see much of what is described in this microcosm echoed in 'real-life' applications beyond college. I particularly liked how Freitas approached the question with a search for the middle ground between complete abstinence until marriage and the hookup cultural expectation of sex stripped of all meaning or emotional content whatsoever. The only real quibble I have is in terms of her suggestions for promoting a dating culture on campus - I think that could be one response out of many. But really, I think the ... moreimportant thing here is opening up a dialogue about what people really want out of their sex lives, and this book does a good job of initiating that discussion and providing some statistical context for how that manifests in a college environment. Definitely worth a read.
review 2: After a second non-judgmental attempt at reading "The End of Sex", Freitas makes some good points here and there. I like her stance on abstinence that it should be all inclusive regardless of religious leaning and sexual orientation. Or her ideas about virginity and the "technical virgin" were insightful. I also agree with her on the lack of thoughtful critiques by men that looks at how men are gendered into being men in American culture as compared with the countless studies and reports on the gendering of women. The End of Sex threw me off in the beginning because of the research data the author used. An online survey and face to face interviews of 2,500 students from seven universities - 85% White, 55% female and 45% male with 5% identifying as gay, lesbian, bisexual or queer. It just didn't seem like a racially diverse survey. If she surveyed just one HBCU she would have added more Blacks, Latinos, and Asians to increase the racial diversity in her study. It might even have changed some of her results or it might not have. We'll never know. less

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