Just recently at Harvard University -- sometimes pegged as "godless and liberal" -- the hookup culture came under fire, mostly from a small but growing abstinence group called True Love Revolution.
They argue that women who invoke a new kind of feminism -- the right to have sex whenever and with whomever they choose -- is demeaning to women.
"A popular thing to say among this intellectual crowd, in the ivies and in feminism in general, is to say that sex is empowering and a real woman uses her sexuality in any way she pleases," said Rachel Wagley, a 20-year-old sociology student who is TLR's co-president. "It's blatantly false and a lie that this culture tells to girls for their own benefit." Silpa Kovvali, a 21-year-old computer science concentrator, argued in a Harvard Crimson editorial that there is nothing "inherently degrading" about engaging in casual sex -- in fact, she said, it can be "empowering."
It is sad to me that many of the students in our ministry hear this message and buy into it. This is why the series is called "The Truth About..." While we will be talking about relationships and sexuality, the core issues here are What is the truth about God?" and What is the truth about humanity and our identity in God? The fact that a woman would become liberated through being degraded by a man is a terrible lie. Men and women are liberated through Jesus and trusting in his sacrifice on the cross.
