Pluralistic Ignorance and Hooking UP
The peer-reviewed article published in The Journal of Sex Research (Pluralistic Ignorance and Hooking UP) -- written by Lambert, Kahn, and Apple from James Madison University -- seeks to find out (through research using 136 female and 128 male college students) the attitudes and level of ignorance involved in casual sexual relations.
This article was published about twelve years ago, but it is likely that the attitudes and approaches to casual sexual relations among college students is essentially the same, albeit that is an assumption that is not backed up by research. To begin with, the authors describe "pluralistic ignorance" -- a key point in this presentation -- as though each person thinks that privately he or she is unique and not part of the norm (Lambert, et al. 2003). But the individual nonetheless goes along with the norm "…because of a desire to fit in" (Lambert, 129). This is basically an old axiom -- a kind of mindless "going along with the crowd" (no matter what the person is conflicted about inside). In fact, 88% of male college students in this research and 86% of females admitted they had "hooked up" at least once (Lambert, 129).
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