'I’m personally sick and tired of the hookup culture, it’s unhealthy mentally and physically and we start to lose the true value of sex by normalizing it so much'
Photo: Getty Images/Image Source The most true-to-life moment in the latest season of HBO’s Euphoria happened so quickly you probably don’t remember it. It was a blip in the otherwise claustrophobic, edge-of-your-seat bathroom scene in the premiere episode: Maddy casually shuts down sexual advances from a random guy at the party by saying, “You’re so sweet, but no.” Consider this the unofficial slogan of new-age celibacy.
These conversations are taking place against the backdrop of a so-called sex recession among younger millennials and Gen-Zers, who are having less casual or partnered sex than previous generations. Not exactly what you’d expect in our current hookup-focused dating climate, where casual sexual encounters are encouraged and long-term commitment is often not discussed until well into a sexual relationship. One viral TikTok video even describes actually having a boyfriend as cheugy or out of style.
Hookup culture notoriously promotes a level of casualness about even the most intimate dating interactions , while online dating gives people the illusion of choice, making commitment even less tempting. From ghosting to breadcrumbing, it seems every day there is a new word for shitty dating interactions.
New-age celibacy culture gives people a place to openly acknowledge the complicated feelings that “hooking up” gives them, rather than maintain the façade of seeming totally cool about it all . Twenty-year-old Kayla Voelker says she grew up in a culture of women “giving men what they wanted while disregarding their own feelings.” Because of this, she believes casual sex for women is a “huge scam.
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