Laura Vanderkam wrote “Hookups Starve the Soul” a few moths after graduating from college. In this essay, Vanderkam discusses the informal sexual relations that college students encounter on campuses and uses personal dating experiences as a way to support her arguments. Vanderkam defines “hookups” as term used when two individuals do not expect any kind of commitment after having any physical encounter. Vanderkam adequately exposes how hookups satisfy biology, but do not fulfil emotional needs and more importantly, the soul. Through out her argument, Vanderkam clearly states that “hooking up” have ruined traditional dating and romance. Laura Vanderkam demonstrates credibility by providing a few studies, statistics and experiences on dating. The tone of the essay is concerned. Vanderkam successfully use rhetorical appeals to support her arguments, providing many examples to prove her credibility to the audience. …show more content…
The study was released by the Institute of American Values, “Half of the woman interviewed had been six or more dates. Only a third had been on no more than two dates” (paragraph 3). These kind of relationships can result in heartbreaks or worse, when one of the people involved get attached to the other. They begin to form false expectations, commonly from the female's side when their emotions start to replace their desires.
Vanderkam stated, “Hookups can sometimes be defined by alcohol, physical attraction and a lack of expectation in the morning.” (paragraph 5). Todays relationships work in a different way than the conventional relationships of a few years ago. Some say that is because there is now more freedom in how people relate, others believe it is the lack of commitment because of the need to have everything fast, use it and then move on; and others say that is because there is no desire to endure in