U.S. Catholic Magazine's pimps and ho's theme party expose!


"College Sex 101"



"SEX: Lies & Hook - Up Culture"


Adapted from their November 2008 edition

"When Donna Freitas offered a class on dating and spirituality at St. Michael's College in Vermont, she didn't know her students would want to change the social scene at the Catholic liberal arts school.

"But when they learned that none of them liked the culture of casual sex on campus,they decided to create a newspaper discussing hook - up culture and got the whole school talking about it."

Question of Ms. Freitas by the editors:

"How prevalent is hooking up on Catholic campuses?"

Ms. Freitas:

"The reality is that Catholic colleges are like secular colleges.

"Everywhere I've been, students say the same thing about hook - up culture.

"The only exceptions are evangelical schools.

"People lie about how much sex they're having and inflate what's going on because the social pressure to hook - up is really enormous."

Question of Ms. Freitas by the editors:

"How do evangelicals and Catholics handle this issue differently?"

Ms. Freitas:

"If you want to study sex and religion within Christianity, the real place to do it is among evangelicals.

The Catholic conversation is almost nonexistent.

"There are orthodox young Catholics who toe the party line, but they are the exceptin to the rule.

"They are the ones who fit in with church teaching.

"To be young and evangelical is really to be immersed and participating in or creating a youth culture.

"They are young theologians of a sort.

"They are interpreting scripture, writing books on dating, overseeing their own faith lives, and holding their peers accountable.

"Joshua Harris wrote I Kissed Dating Goodbye (Multnomah Books) at age 21.

"When students look at his picture on the back cover, they think he looks like a cute, cool guy.

"So I ask them if they'd be more apt to listen if someone like him were asking them to practice chastity.

"Then I ask students who are the young adult Catholics talking about dating are, and they can't think of one person."