College Hookup Culture?

There was a recent New York Times article talking about the college hookup culture in America. Based on isolated cases (which they take to be representative) and misrepresented statistics, the Times writer comes to the conclusion that the college-aged youth of the US are eschewing relationships in favour of random sex with strangers, or purely physical relationships based on sex but no romantic or emotional connection. Better still (from my point of view), it’s not just white dudes doing it, but this phenomenon crosses genders and races – everyone is taking part in the new hookup culture! Especially emphasized is the fact that girls are into this hookup culture too. (This is accompanied by a bit of hand wringing about the fact that these poor, deluded girls might not be able to find husbands.)