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Article Excerpt
Hooking Up: Sex, Dating, and Relationships on Campus. By Kathleen Bogle. New York: New York University Press, 2008, 223 pages, Hardcover, $17.75.
Kathleen Bogle is an assistant professor of sociology and criminal justice who conducts research on gender, sexual behavior, and intimate relationships. Her most recent work, Hooking Up: Sex, Dating, and Relationships on Campus, is a report on an extensive qualitative analysis of the meaning of "hooking up."
Bogle contextualizes her work by first examining the early 1900s, a time when "calling" was the means of a relationship. She proceeds to examine the period where "dating" was the common practice, and finally arrives at today's expression of one-on-one relating--"hooking up." To suggest that behaviors have changed, according to Bogle, is an understatement. She is careful to point out, however, that some things never change.
Bogle supports her contentions with an extensive and solid qualitative research design centered on college students from two universities in the United States, one public and one private. Through analyses of interview transcripts and focus group...
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