American Sociological Review 77(3) 435 –462 © American Sociological

Hooking up is common among adolescents and young adults in the United States, particu-larly on college campuses (England, Shafer, and Fogarty 2007; Manning, Giordano, and Longmore 2006; Paul, McManus, and Hayes 2000). The phrase is ambiguous, but most young people seem to agree that hooking up involves sexual activity, ranging from kissing to intercourse, outside of an exclusive relation-ship. Much of the growing body of research on hooking up expresses concern for women’s well-being and suggests that hookups benefit men at the expense of women (Bogle 2008