"Thou shalt not commit adultery.' – God

A LOT OF PEOPLE have the mistaken notion that "adultery" just means cheating on a spouse, but you can commit adultery in your mind whether you are married or not, and certainly in person (fornication).

The hookup culture ("new morality") is replete with out of wedlock sex, plus the abortions to cover up that adultery. God hates shedding innocent blood, and the "fetus" certainly has blood (fetus is Latin for "offspring"). MAGA? We shall see, but we're not out of the woods yet. We're in deep doodoo!

BUT has there been a sea change in the cultural landscape? The following is from my October 27, 2011 column, SEX: The consequences of college "hipsters, hoopsters, and hooksters:"

WOMEN'S HEALTH magazine's "Guy next door," Matt Bean, was asked a question: "A friend has the hots for me, but I'm on the fence. Should I road test the romance with a hookup?" And Bean said:

"Best-case scenario: You'll hook up a few times before the bottom falls out of the friendship, and then you'll endure countless awkward run-ins before avoiding each other completely. I don't call that getting lucky. I call that wasting a friend."

The good news is that our cultural "race to the bottom" may be "bottoming" out — or at the very least — slowing down. Several publications, including the U. of Wisconsin Badger Herald have addressed the issue in recent years. As for that Badger Herald article, I've been sitting on it since December of 2004. I apologize for that, but here are some excerpts by Abby Peterson regarding "hookups":

"Random physical encounters becoming norm in college; replacing long-term dating . . becoming the college-age dating norm . . Studies show the practice is extremely widespread on campus . .

"But some experts say the high trend of hooking up on college campuses does not bode well for young people's ability to eventually settle down and maintain a more intimate dating relationship after college . . According to UW sociology professor John Delamater, seriously dating someone allows students to develop needed social skills that are crucial in being able to eventually hold down a long-term relationship — namely marriage . . . [and] 'if young people get too accustomed to casual sex without commitment, they may never be able to successfully settle down.'

"Many experts contend the hookup culture favors men over women, both because males don't face the same social labels for being 'easy' and because they are able to more readily disassociate sex from emotions . . . [a coed says] 'many college men are so accustomed to hooking up, they don't want to deal with the pain of wooing a girl and paying for a date. I think a lot of guys are lazy. They need to man up and take a girl out on a date'. . . . "

"[Another coed said that] 'worse than demeaning names society can associate with women who have hookups is the disappointment many girls feel after having a casual physical encounter with someone and then having it not lead to anything more.'

"The idea that you should not have sex with someone when you are drunk should not drive drunk." said Scott Spear of University Health Services."

BY THE WAY, hard science has proven that chemicals such as dopamine — which dominate the attraction- and impulsive- kinds of "love" are not the same chemicals that make for a lasting relationship — oxytocin, for instance.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC (February 2006) article on "Love: the Chemical Reaction":

"Oxytocin is a hormone that promotes a feeling of connection, bonding. It is released when we hug our long-term spouses, or our children. It is released when a mother nurses her infant. Prairie voles, animals with high levels of oxytocin, mate for life . . . "

P.S. Enough said?