Hookup culture is usually marketed as empowering to women. It tells women who go off to college that they can explore their sexuality and have sex with random people without consequences.
This narrative is not only a lie because hookup culture mainly benefits men while also hurting them , but it also ignores the fact that men and women are biologically different. TikTok user nayaaford points out that hookup culture is not only a scam, but also negatively affects women due to our biology.
Even if that man means nothing to you, your body just released a hormone that makes you more attached to him. If you want to hold power, view your body as a prize. While hookup culture ignores this fact, it also likes to shame women who naturally get attached to their partners after sex. TikTok user saharrooo pointed this out in another viral video. And then girls are painted out to be clingy, obsessive, or psycho because they catch feelings.
One of the so-called benefits of hookup culture is the chance for a woman to explore her sexuality, but this is another lie. TikTok user theglowupsecrets made this point in a viral post. While our culture likes to pretend that women are sexually fulfilled through hookups, research shows that women in committed relationships and married women have better sex than their single counterparts. Podcast host Hope Moquin said it best in a viral TikTok.
She opened up about what hookup culture can do to your mental health and also speaks about how she felt peer pressure to participate in it. Sleeping around casually will always lead you to forget your worth of who you are as an individual.
