Samantha Becker
Samantha Becker
Class of 2023

Articles by Samantha

The problem with hook-up culture

Modern society is plagued with an unnatural and confusing paradigm in romantic relationships: hook-up culture. This new relationship status is prevalent from high schools to office buildings, but is especially popular among university students. Replacing a traditional intimate relationship with one of the various forms a hook-up relationship may take has become the norm, and […]

Cultural relativism does not mean blind acceptance

Cultural relativism is the concept that no culture should be ranked or compared to another. Not only is cultural relativism a solid term to flex in intellectual conversation with other students, it is a highly contested concept in social, international, and interpersonal politics today.  Respecting the ideas and values of cultures that differ from our […]