Hooking up is the rage, but is it healthy?
Hooking up has come to define sexual relationships for most of today's teens and young women. It can mean anything from kissing and touching to oral sex or intercourse. Vagueness is its hallmark.
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(At left, Boston University students Carolina Aparicio (left) and Chloe Nolan in 2007. Both had boyfriends, a rarity in the age of hooking up. Erik Jacobs / Globe File Photo)