Location
DePauw Libraries, Roy O. West Library Wood Study
Event Website
https://depauw.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9085478
Start Date
3-5-2023 11:05 AM
End Date
3-5-2023 11:15 AM
Presentation Type
Thesis
Description
Hookup culture is not primarily about sex, pleasure, connection, or freedom. Hookup culture is about power—how power is used, distributed, and desired. Previous work in hookup culture discusses a discourse of desire; however, the root and nature of this desire are unclear. I posit that hookup culture, as it currently exists, is strongly related to rape culture. In this thesis, I will explicate my anecdotal, qualitative, and quantitative evidence supporting this hypothesis.
This thesis provides an overview of what hookup culture is at a broad level. It then focuses more specifically on defining it at DePauw and considering the impact it is currently having on students' mental health.
Power, Pleasure, and Privilege: defining DePauw’s hookup culture and its mental health implications
DePauw Libraries, Roy O. West Library Wood Study
Hookup culture is not primarily about sex, pleasure, connection, or freedom. Hookup culture is about power—how power is used, distributed, and desired. Previous work in hookup culture discusses a discourse of desire; however, the root and nature of this desire are unclear. I posit that hookup culture, as it currently exists, is strongly related to rape culture. In this thesis, I will explicate my anecdotal, qualitative, and quantitative evidence supporting this hypothesis.
This thesis provides an overview of what hookup culture is at a broad level. It then focuses more specifically on defining it at DePauw and considering the impact it is currently having on students' mental health.
https://scholarship.depauw.edu/library_symposium/2023/2023/8
Comments
Prepared as part of the DePauw University Honor Scholar Program
Sponsor: Dr. Nipun Chopra
Committee: Dr. Sharon Crary, Dr. Clark Sage