God, Grant #MeToo Chastity? College Hookup Culture and Christian Ethics: The Lives and Longings of Emerging Adults, Jennifer Beste, Oxford University Press, 2018 (ISBN 978-0-19-026850-3), xii + 364 pp., hb £22.99 Faith with Benefits: Hookup Culture on Catholic Campuses, Jason King, Oxford University Press, 2017 (ISBN 978-0-19-024480-4), xvi + 224 pp., hb £19.99
Over the past two years, the MeToo movement has brought much needed attention to the prevalence of sexual assault in a variety of workplaces. For much longer than this, scholars and cultural critics have expressed concern about the ‘hookup culture’ on contemporary university campuses and the degree...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2019
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Reviews in religion and theology
Year: 2019, Volume: 26, Issue: 3, Pages: 369-376 |
| Review of: | Faith with benefits (New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017) (Bugyis, Eric)
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| Further subjects: | B
Catholic Education
B Sexual ethics B Book review B Relationships B Consent B ethnographic theology B hookup culture |
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| Summary: | Over the past two years, the MeToo movement has brought much needed attention to the prevalence of sexual assault in a variety of workplaces. For much longer than this, scholars and cultural critics have expressed concern about the ‘hookup culture’ on contemporary university campuses and the degree to which it leaves students vulnerable to sexual violence. In both conversations, consent has figured prominently as the primary norm governing ethical reflection, but Christian commentators have counseled going beyond consent to revive traditional sexual norms, like chastity. This review essay considers two books that look at hookup culture on Catholic campuses and seek to provide a more robust framework for thinking about sexuality. It argues that talk of chastity is likely not going to save those most at risk of being harmed by contemporary hookup culture and that what is needed is more ethical reflection about sex itself. Beyond the rhetoric of abstinence or license, serious conversations need to be fostered about the kinds of relationships that make for ethical sex and the kinds of sex that make for ethical relationships. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9418 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Reviews in religion and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/rirt.13576 |