I really wish you'd stop indulging your columnists. If I were an outsider checking out the GW Hatchet last week, I'd make horrendous judgments as to the emotional immaturity of students on this campus. Last Thursday's issue, perhaps unintentionally, emphasized and legitimized the hook-up culture ("Dating is not dead, just different," Feb. 12, p. 4), lack of "real love" in relationships and cited scientific reasons for not engaging in sexual behavior ("It's OK not to have sex," Feb. 12, p. 4).
The assertive, sometimes wistful nature of these love and sex columns last week was insulting. Your columnists keep trying to whittle down the intricacy of our relationships into categorical, analyzable, short theses only relevant to their own experience. Declaring a social theory out of what you've noticed in the alleged "brothel-like atmosphere" of this college campus is simply na've and obnoxious. Everyone tackles this stuff in her own way, columns like these are just alienating.
Conrad Murphy completely failed to address the physical risks of sex. Perhaps a big reason why some people are also "OK" with not having sex is they don't want to worry about pregnancy or disease. Also, a tip: Evan Schwartz should probably stop referring to women as cows. Not a cute metaphor.
Laura Westman, Junior
Laura Westman, Junior
