Dating

Dating

1. PUBLIC VS. PRIVATE

   • Making it “official” -displaying relationship status online
   • Public vs private mate selection -community and family involvement in mate selection vs. personal decision on who to date
   • Shopping list love (Pragma) vs True love (Eros) -dating with the purpose of finding someone who fits a specific ideal vs. dating someone independent of social status

2. TECHNOLOGY

   • Apps: such as Tinder having changed the ways couples meet
   • Effects: meeting people via the internet effects communication between couples and how people get to know each other
   • Online: many online sites such as Christian Mingle and Match.com have become very popular.

3. SOCIAL SCRIPTS

   • timing of sexual intimacy -how and when a couple decides to become intimate and media influence on
   • Period between introduction to commitment -time period between a couple first meeting and the decision to commit to each other
   • Ages of people dating each other -norms surrounding intergenerational dating and also norms surrounding how you date based on your age
     • Special online dating sites cater to older generations

4. CLASSIFICATIONS

   • Casually dating one person -nonexclusive dating
   • Commitment to one person -exclusive monogamic relationship
   • Dating multiple people -juggling multiple partners at one time casually
     • Dating apps make it easier to date multiple people at a time due to easy access to meet people your interested in

5. REASONS

   • Companionship -dating to avoid being alone
     • Wanting someone to rely on without the serious commitment (dating for the fun of it)
   • Spouse selection -dating to look for a long-term relationship with potential to become a family
   • Hook-up culture -sexually intimate relationships without emotional attachment
     • Hook-up culture is more common in the younger generations