The Mating Game: How Gender Still Shapes How We DateDespite enormous changes in patterns of dating and courtship in twenty-first-century America, contemporary understandings of romance and intimacy remain firmly rooted in age-old assumptions of gender difference. These tenacious beliefs now vie with cultural messages of gender equality that stress independence, self-development, and egalitarian practices in public and private life. Through interviews with heterosexual and LGBTQ individuals, Ellen Lamont’s The Mating Game explores how people with diverse sexualities and gender identities date, form romantic relationships, and make decisions about future commitments as they negotiate uncertain terrain fraught with competing messages about gender, sexuality, and intimacy. |
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Contents
The Quest for Egalitarian Love | 20 |
Heterosexual Women Caught | 53 |
Inequality Disguised | 79 |
LGBQ People Reimagine 5 | 107 |
The More Things Change | 141 |
Dated Dating and the Stalled Gender Revolution | 174 |
Summary of Interview Respondents | 185 |
Interview Guide | 191 |
Notes | 201 |
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| Title | The Mating Game: How Gender Still Shapes How We Date |
| Author | Ellen Lamont |
| Publisher | Univ of California Press, 2020 |
| ISBN | 0520298691, 9780520298699 |
| Length | 248 pages |
| Subjects | › › Social Science / Gender Studies Social Science / Human Sexuality Social Science / LGBT Studies / General |
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