Despite the prevalence of positive feelings, hookups can include negative outcomes, such as emotional and psychological injury, sexual violence, sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancy. Compounding disease risks, people who hook up are more likely to have concurrent sexual partners (Paik, 2010b).

Is hook up culture normal?

Today, according to one study, more than 90% of American college students say their campus is characterized by a hookup culture, and students believe that about 85% of their classmates have hooked up.