Campus survey: 'Hooking up' on the rise, yet women hope to get married
Submitted on July 26, 2001 - 12:00am.
Christina Stephens - Summer 2001
Erin Kiley is fed up with the dating scene on her college campus.
She's just ended a three and half year relationship, and certainly doesn't want to jump into another one. At the same time, she doesn't want a hook-up—or casual sex.
She just wants someone to take her to dinner.
Her frustration evident, Kiley stood Thursday before a group of her peers—college-aged congressional interns—and asked the men, “Is dating appealing?” then offered, “We'll pay.”
The audience of several hundred interns responded with laughter and applause, but Kiley, a student at Pomona College in Claremont, Calif., was serious. She offered some advice to other frustrated women.
She's just ended a three and half year relationship, and certainly doesn't want to jump into another one. At the same time, she doesn't want a hook-up—or casual sex.
She just wants someone to take her to dinner.
Her frustration evident, Kiley stood Thursday before a group of her peers—college-aged congressional interns—and asked the men, “Is dating appealing?” then offered, “We'll pay.”
The audience of several hundred interns responded with laughter and applause, but Kiley, a student at Pomona College in Claremont, Calif., was serious. She offered some advice to other frustrated women.
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