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Two Princeton University students sparked controversy recently when they published an op-ed denouncing the sexual culture on the campus, where casual “hookups” prevail and meaningful relationships are not valued.

Recent ‘Prince’ op-eds have rightly criticized Princeton’s present sexual standard insofar as it promotes hookups as right for everybody. But we should go farther. In seeking a good sexual culture, a culture that offers the proper freedom and support, we cannot bracket the question of whether hookups are bad. Our actions forge a culture that affects our community, our relationships, our actions and even our preferences.

Hookups are dishonest, harmful and naive. Some people can walk away from a sexual encounter without growing fond of the person in question, but this isn’t characteristic of erotic desire nor of human sexuality in general. Sex is an action of love, and to agree not to love while engaging in such a desirous act is jarring; it denies the reality of our bodies and the meanings of our actions.

Many comments on the Daily Princetonian website were critical of the article, as reported by Campus Reform:

Since publication, both authors have been attacked online with invectives such as “retarded,” “drunk,” and “woman-hating.”

Anscombe Society, a conservative student organization of which the authors are members, also came under attack online.

“Other features of the Anscombe members include a general close-mindedness and blind adherence to a conservative Christian worldview that refuses to acknowledge and accept other modes of human experience, belief, and existence,” wrote one commenter going by the username “13.’”

“Go enjoy your prudish lives and leave the rest of us alone,” wrote another anonymous user.

Other commenters appeared to make threats against the students.

“You will die,” wrote one anonymous individual.

Read the full report by Campus Reform here.

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