About the Author

Donna Freitas is the author of Sex and the Soul: Juggling Sexuality, Spirituality, Romance and Religion on America's College Campuses, and she has lectured at more than seventy-five colleges and universities around the country on hookup culture and how college students today find meaning (or don't) during the college experience. She lives in Brooklyn.

Reviews

The Atlantic "[An] important, wise, and brave new book...The short book, written in the style of an informative and impassioned pamphlet, is painfully accurate in its assessment of the idiocy that passes for sexuality in the dormitory. Freitas' argument is well-researched and well-grounded, and she is sharp enough to condemn hookup culture on sexual grounds, rather than ethical grounds... Her indictment couldn't be stronger... Freitas's work is important because it offers a third way toward sexual independence and autonomy in an America caught between Puritanism and pornography. Rather than morally condemning college students for promiscuity or telling them to treat romance with the detached analysis of the headhunter, she is promising them that better sex--more fun, excitement, and intensity--is available." Wall Street Journal "Illuminating... Using extensive survey research and dozens of interviews with young men and women on college campuses across the country, Ms. Freitas explodes the myth of the 'harmless hookup.'... Freitas's book is a timely and alarming wake-up call to students, college administrators and parents, and she presents a compelling argument against the hookup culture." Boston Globe "[A] straight-forward, well-researched, and eye-opening book... This compelling testimony from young people around the country provides ample evidence for why this campus lifestyle should not be ignored." Christianity Today "Freitas provides compelling evidence that far too many young adults live lives of quiet desperation--sexually and socially...The End of Sex paints a vivid portrait of hookup culture...There is much in The End of Sex to applaud." Toronto Star "The book is informative, non-judgmental and a must-read for parents and for their university-aged kids although once you become immersed in it you'll be screaming (as I was), 'Oh spirit, show me no more.' But keep reading and start figuring out a new conversation with the kids -- or they may never know 'what love's got to do with it.'" Publishers Weekly "[A] scathing and reasoned attack on the casual-sex culture at American universities... [Freitas] encourages mindfulness and an open dialogue about what students want to get out of sex, and her remedies (which include temporary periods of abstinence and a return to the traditional date) should provide, if not solutions, at least inspiration for parents and college staff in talking to students about how to have better relationships, and better sex."