Several authors look at the sex culture in today’s youths in comparison to the baby boomers. Jessica Valenti(2010) for instance argues that the problem with America today is not the casual sex as it is not new but the moral panic that exists. The mass media has driven sociologists and psychologists to investigate young hookups even more closely. Statistics by CDC and the NHSLS show that young adults today are having far less sex than the baby boomers. Hookups are not free for all as portrayed by the media but is rather a safe manoeuvre by young adults of balancing fun and risks associated with casual sex. The problem with hookups is the double standards where a young lady having sex is branded a ‘ho’ while a man becomes more of a man the more times he indulges in sex. Relationships are not all that good because they have a dark side too.
