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
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.
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
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
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