Chapter 36 Further Reading

Essential Academic Sources

Wade, Lisa (2017). American Hookup: The New Culture of Sex on Campus. W. W. Norton. The most thorough sociological treatment of hookup culture as a norm system. Essential reading; read alongside its critiques.

Garcia, J. R., Reiber, C., Massey, S. G., & Merriwether, A. M. (2012). Sexual hookup culture: A review. Review of General Psychology, 16(2), 161–176. Comprehensive review of the empirical literature on hookup prevalence, correlates, and consequences. A good starting point for literature review.

Frederick, D. A., John, H. K. S., Garcia, J. R., & Lloyd, E. A. (2018). Differences in orgasm frequency among gay, lesbian, bisexual, and heterosexual men and women in a U.S. national sample. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 47(1), 273–288. The primary source for the orgasm gap data discussed in this chapter. Large, nationally representative sample.

Armstrong, E. A., Hamilton, L., & England, P. (2010). Is hooking up bad for young women? Contexts, 9(3), 22–27. Accessible sociological analysis of gender asymmetry in hookup outcomes. Good pairing with Wade.

Twenge, J. M., Sherman, R. A., & Wells, B. E. (2015). Changes in American adults' sexual behavior and attitudes, 1972–2012. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 44(8), 2273–2285. The quantitative longitudinal analysis documenting declining sex rates in GSS data.

Jozkowski, K. N., & Peterson, Z. D. (2013). College students and sexual consent: Unique insights. Journal of Sex Research, 50(6), 517–523. Empirical work on how consent is communicated (predominantly nonverbally) in hookup contexts.

Conley, T. D. (2011). Perceived proposer personality characteristics and gender differences in acceptance of casual sex offers. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 100(2), 309–329. The research establishing that perceived safety and desire — not just gender — predict casual sex decisions.

Race and Sexuality

Collins, P. H. (2004). Black Sexual Politics: African Americans, Gender, and the New Racism. Routledge. Essential theoretical grounding for understanding how race and sexual politics intersect in American culture.

Chou, R. S. (2012). Asian American Sexual Politics: The Construction of Race, Gender, and Sexuality. Rowman & Littlefield. The best academic treatment of racialized desexualization of Asian American men.

For the Skeptically Inclined

Hess, Amanda. "The Hookup Culture Panic." Slate, various dates. Journalism that applies critical analysis to media coverage of hookup culture — a useful example of the meta-level analysis the chapter advocates.

Cohen, S. (1972/2002). Folk Devils and Moral Panics. Routledge. The foundational text on moral panic; not about hookup culture specifically but essential conceptual background.