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Class notes HDFS 545 Lecture 5
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- HDFS 545.01 (HDFS545)
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- University Of New Hampshire
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➔ Sex and Hookup Culture◆ Sexual Values and Belief
● Standards of sexual behaviors, feelings and thoughts a person views as right and
good
● Where do they come from?
○ We can hold one set of beliefs for ourselves and a differents set of beliefs
for other people
○ Helps us to approach the topic of sexuality with curiosity instead of
judgment
◆ Historical Context
● Early America:
○ Attitudes and behaviors were focused on protecting the male line of
descent
○ Very strict social control over sex
◆ Especially for women
● Early 1900s:
○ Sexuality is seen as basic to the humanness of both women and men
○ Sex is less one-sided (about men)
○ Sex enhances human intimacy
● 1960s
○ Introduction of the birth control pill (married only)
○ Separate intercourse from pregnancy
○ Embracing sex for pleasure
○ “The Sexual Revolution”
● 1980s and 1990s
○ Challenging the idea that heterosexuality the only (acceptable) form of
sexual expression
○ Gay and lesbian people become more visible
◆ Modern Stats and Facts
● Premarital sex
○ 2019 – 28% disapproved
○ 95% have before marriage
◆ About the same as 1950
○ Average age of first intercourse is 17
○ Median number of sexual partners
◆ Women = 4.3
◆ Men = 6.3
➔ Contemporary Hook Up Culture
◆ People think everyone else us hooking up a lot
◆ But most college students are not hooking up that much
➔ Sexual Health
◆ What does sexual health mean?
● Contraception
● Safety
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