??? Because people, especially young people, like sex, especially easy sex.
Why do fish swim? Why do birds fly? You have a bunch of 18 to 24 year old kids who are in close proximity and who aren’t under parental supervision for the first time in their lives. Trying to get them into committed relationships at that age and in that situation is like trying to stop the sun from rising.
Although I'm not teaching anymore, I'm still around many HS-and-college-age folk socially, and I can tell you that today's easy sex culture tops even the heyday of the 70's (disco, cocaine-parties, etc) in terms of the average number of new partners they'll have each year before committing to someone. It is not unusual to meet a pretty female who will admit to 10+ new partners per year, when you get them in a moment of honesty. (Of course, there are many who could probably boast of nearly-triple-figures annually, too... and I think I know one or two... but have never had the courage or time to ask.)
The good news is that there is also no shortage of girls (and guys!) in that age group who will recoil at the idea of having more than 5-10 partners in a lifetime, so don't let the media, or my anecdotal information, make you think that they are ALL running to weekly orgies, either. Your grandchild is probably one of the good ones... but by age 24 has probably also had more partners than you did in your lifetime, if you were an average Boomer.
Stupidest question ever asked?
Imagine a collegiate Bill Clinton trying to wet his willie.
There is nothing more sure than espousing liberalism to a 19 year old girl that could get him laid.
It IS that simple.
The resulting baby boom party years are still going on.
They also like booze, drugs, and putting more effort into Facebook relationships than real ones. This generation will win the hotly contested prize for The Greatest Failed Generation in our history. Mark that down.
Was nearby a college campus the other day, and saw a big outcome of the more-sex/less-love at schools: A block away from campus, total convenience, a pregnancy “crisis” center.
Anyone who thinks this hasn’t been going on for years is delusional. Although over exaggerated, the theme in Animal House has a lot of truth in it, going back to the 60s and overall, but more quietly, a long time before that. I witnessed this on a more quiet level during the sex-segregated dorm days in the late 60s and then again in the enlisted military barracks I lived in. Sex and the urge to merge have been around since the beginning of time and when you collect crowds of hormonal young people together, things happen.
All those liberal men were a joke in a variety of ways. Can you say spineless? Yep. Even when I was 20 years old, I could tell the Democrat/liberal men were just wussies with no brain and no spine and usually were quite misogynistic (often were complete hypocrites) without gentlemen manners.
My conservative man has--spine, gonads, intelligence, independence, gentleman manners (in which he still displays each day even though we have been married decades). Most importantly he has my deep respect and lil' ole' me ;-).
um... because sex feels good ... and they are at their sexual peak?
who pays money for these studies?
Sex is fun. When you learn how to make sex not fun, this will stop.
“There’s a time and a place for everything and it’s called ‘college’.” - Chef
Why is there a college hook-up culture? Because ####ing is fun.
I remember, back about 1961, our next door neighbor sending their daughter off to a university. A few months later she was home all KU’d.
It seems she took something seriously that was poked at her in fun.
When I was in college back in the late 1970s, things were the same. There were two types of desirable girls; the kind you take home from the party, and the kind you take home to mom and dad.
The secret to success in life is not mistaking one for the other.
Commitment is only for the strong the weak can never have it.
I did not exactly grow-up in the Victorian Era, but this hook-up culture is quite unlike anything I knew in college. Not even wanting to form any sort of relationship with anyone is clinical, cold, and very disturbing at a psychological level.
OK - you have young, hormonal kids living together, boys in the same buildings as girls, away from any adult supervision, bathe them regularly in anti-Christian leftist drivel, mix in booze and drugs - what could possibly go wrong? Colleges will soon be put out of business by online classes, so the problem may fix itself.