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"I don't hookup, I never have, but my friends, they all do": Transgressing the boundaries of college hookup culture

Gayle, Lauren
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1494156874313028

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2017, BS, Kent State University, College of Education, Health and Human Services / School of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies.
Hookup culture has grown in prevalence and popularity among college students, marked by its own set of behaviors, values, and characteristics. However, various subpopulations within the larger student body may engage hookup culture differently. Yet extant research about hookup culture on college campuses has privileged a heteronormative lens and heterosexual experiences. In contrast, this study utilizes queer theory to focus on the perspectives of women who identify as queer. Specifically, analysis of in-depth interviews with queer college women about hookup culture reveals three intersecting and overlapping tensions: (a) a tension between the pragmatics of exploiting sexual freedom and dissociating from hookup culture; (b) a tension between unbounded identity tourism and bounded bisexuality identity; and (c) a tension between conforming to and resisting gender stereotypes. Taken together, these tensions surface theoretical divisions in (1) gender role expectations in heteronormative and queer hookups; and (2) transgression between hookups and dating that create a third space. This study offers practical guidance for future research and implications about queer college women’s perceptions of and engagement with hookup culture.
Suzy D'Enbeau (Advisor)
43 p.
Communication

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  • Gayle, L. (2017). "I don't hookup, I never have, but my friends, they all do": Transgressing the boundaries of college hookup culture [Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1494156874313028

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Gayle, Lauren. "I don't hookup, I never have, but my friends, they all do": Transgressing the boundaries of college hookup culture. 2017. Kent State University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1494156874313028.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Gayle, Lauren. ""I don't hookup, I never have, but my friends, they all do": Transgressing the boundaries of college hookup culture." Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1494156874313028

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