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| March 21, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Buffalo News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Charity Vogel

Mar. 21--Talk to a college-age woman today, and ask her about her last date.

Chances are, instead of an answer, you'll get a blank stare.

That's because women in college don't "date" anymore, argues Washington Post journalist Laura Sessions Stepp in "Unhooked," her new book, which follows a group of high school and college-age women for a year, tracking their personal lives and romantic attachments.

Instead of dating, Stepp writes, young women in 2007 mostly settle for "hooking up" -- for brief, casual sexual encounters with men that they do not form actual romantic relationships with.

Young men have been doing this for some time…

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