This allows for everyone to connect on some level within the community. Something that resonated with me in this week’s category was that the term “hooking up” is widely known to be something where no feelings are supposed to be attached. With that being said, many people go into a hook up or friends with benefits situation with the intent to not bring their feelings along, but most of the time that is what ends up happening.
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These reflections help to highlight the deep contradiction at the heart of the sexual revolution, which trivializes sex while at the same time making it the very center of personal identity. In some contexts, the mutual “use” of persons is morally acceptable. In typical market transactions, for example, the parties “use” one another for their own benefit.
I hope that people are kinder with their actions and continue to grow with every experience. For instance, with the rise of female rappers and R&B artists, comes the current rise of “bad b—-” music. Think of Megan Thee Stallion, Cardi B, ppcocaine, Doja Cat, etc. While these women are clearly talented artists, their lyrics and meaning behind the songs they make tend to overly romanticize hookup culture, and under the surface, objectify women and pin them against one another. Doja Cat’s songs including “Freak Like Me,” “Juicy,” and “Candy” among others, repeatedly emphasize female physical attributes in a sexual context. The songs don’t just talk about women being hot, but talk about how them being hot is sexually beneficial for their partners.
Even the era’s “controversial” films such as 9 ½ Weeks and The Unbearable Lightness of Being get chastised by Tarantino for not being “transgressive” enough. Most baffling is how he dismisses the 1950s as the second-worst decade for American film, attacking it for being a supposed period of great artistic timidity. It was the first great decade for science fiction film, the last great decade for musicals, and the best decade ever for Westerns. It was also the era that most inspired the new generation of directors that emerged in the Seventies, as Tarantino himself admits (“They watched Gordon Douglas’s science fiction classic Them! because it was about giant ants”).
She explains that girls tend to put a lot of time, effort, and thought into their outfits as they want to look their best. As for boys, Wade describes a more careless and simple process for getting ready . I do tend to agree that girls seem to care and put more effort into their appearance than boys. Another item from Wade’s reading is that she makes a connection between “hook up” culture and rape culture. Wade believes “hook up” culture is a breeding ground for sexual assault as many incidents occur at parties where substances are typically involved.
And apps like Tinder have made it quick and easy to meet up with other people looking for the same thing. Where there has to be a warning flag raised is where the flippant side of these ‘no strings’ liaisons is concerned. Because people are interacting by prioritizing getting together with a like-minded individual as quickly as possible, rather than waiting to develop chemistry, they might be less attuned to individuals using dating sites unscrupulously. In their haste to arrange flings, they might be less discerning in terms of identifying people whose personal profiles have been hastily cobbled together – because they are fake.
Cats that were favored pets during the Chinese Song Dynasty were long-haired cats for catching rats, and cats with yellow-and-white fur called ‘lion-cats’, who were valued simply as cute pets. Cats could be pampered with items bought from the market such as “cat-nests”, and were often fed fish that were advertised in the market specifically for cats. Unlike Western countries, cats have been considered good luck in Russia for centuries. Owning a cat, and especially letting one into a new house before the humans move in, is said to bring good fortune. Cats in Orthodox Christianity are the only animals that are allowed to enter the temples.
Margot constantly tries to talk herself into her attraction to Robert and convince herself that he’s a safe person. Some people who give off creepy vibes in person can seem exciting via text. Robert remains a vague character for most of the story, until the end, when Margot realizes how misogynistic he is. But there is much more to arranging a hookup than offering site members a list of candidates who happen to be closest. The popularity of Internet dating means that websites are catering to all sorts of niche interests.
He does admit that Gordon is perfect as McQueen’s fellow officer, but it comes off as backhanded praise, rooted more in the obvious offscreen friendship between the two actors than Gordon’s own considerable abilities and talent. I found a few other points of significant disagreement with Tarantino, and most other readers probably will as well. Not only is it far better than that, but Boorman’s Expressionist use of color and elliptical editing schemes aren’t things you would find on any TV show of the period.
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I honestly feel badly for women because let’s face it, guys run the hookup game, they have the penis and they have the booze. Many women like to compete for approval of guys and get their attention and although this seems pretty blunt and straightforward the “girl competition” is actually pretty covered up. All of the competing and backstabbing is always as mentioned, behind each other’s backs. So that is how I relate to the psychological category as sad as it may seem. Oh and it’s so much better not to get caught up in drama, even though that’s the first thing people go to when there’s ever a pause in conversation.
The idea of pressure resonated with me as well, I know one of my extremely religious friends ended up “hooking” up simply because all of her friends were doing it. I supported her through whatever decisions she made, but made sure I was there to just be her friend and not judge the situation. One thing I found very interesting in regards to social interaction was that feelings of loneliness and isolation was the leading cause to seek therapy in recent years. This was surprising but also very surprising to me at the same time. It makes sense to me for that to be a leading cause, but it shocked me that it was the leading cause. On a very personal note, I did seek therapy because of the same feelings of loneliness and isolation mentioned in the article.
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It’s always much easier to talk over an app because we don’t have to face rejection that way, or at least not while looking the other person in the eyes. One goes on the app to find a partner, they stay on the app because it’s now hard to date in real life, they continue to hunt for NextLove mobile the partner while exposed to multiple hookups instead. The over-sexualization present on Grindr, and similar apps, can change one’s mindset altogether on whether or not they can or should find a long-term partner. I feel like the online world of dating has benefits and negatives.
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