Dating

Article I Hypothesis De Vries, Swanson, and Walsh (2008), hypothesized that when on a dating website people would select a mate based on attractiveness of their photo and their self descriptions based on the Parental Investment Theory, who would be a good long term partner to successfully raise a child with. They thought that men and women with the most attractive photographs would be selected more often to go on dates than those with non-attractive photographs, and men would select potential…

instances that a college student experiencing dating violence may have to deal with throughout the day, all the while attending lectures, studying for upcoming tests and trying to get involved in extracurricular activities. Author P. Finn explains that one of the more severe educational consequences of dating violence, is that a student may stop attending college…

Aziz Ansari’s nonfiction book, Modern Romance, explores the evolutions that has come about in the dating game come the age of the Internet. Cowritten with sociologist and New York University professor Eric Klinenberg, the book also offers a psychological standpoint behind many of these new dating “habits,” so to speak. After reading Ansari’s analysis of how the Internet has revolutionized sex, dating, and marriage for younger Americans, it is clear that this change brings about positives, such…

Strategies theory in sociology we can look at how mate selection happens, and ways in which people obtain a sexual partner or encounter. One of the most common ways is through online dating websites and/or apps for our smartphones. The question that will be operationalized therefore will be whether the use of proximity locating dating apps, such as tinder and/or grinder has increased the incidences of reported sexually transmitted infections (STI’s)? Since these app have become available to…

Attraction and Relationships Finkel, E.J., Eastwick, P.W., Karney, B.R., Reis, H.T., & Sprecher, S. (2012). Online dating: A critical analysis from the perspective of psychological science. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 13(1), 3-66. The authors explore the prevalence implications of online dating and acknowledge that it may be influencing romantic relationships in unforeseen and unprecedented ways. The significance of this article to the project is that it gives further insight…

Jefferson Bethke once said, “Dating with no intent to marry is like going to the grocery store with no money. You either leave unhappy or take something that isn’t yours”. This quote states the two sides of dating, the negative and the positive. Dating has been around for centuries, it is the act of two individuals brought together by their emotions. These emotions have developed throughout one’s years by what they experience, they express what they feel. The dispute between if teens should or…

IS IT USEFUL TO JOIN HERPES DATING SITE? Yes, it is good to join the Herpes dating sites. As there are many people suffering from this STD disease around the world and facing trouble in their lives. First of all it seems out that the person suffering from this disease feel themselves alone and gets demoralized. She/he has to understand that, there are millions of people in the world with Herpes. No matter what the experiences with herpes have been, there is someone else who has been through a…

Love is a great feeling for people of all ages to experience. It is a very happy and fulfilling emotion. Love has changed a great deal over time, even with out the help of any technology or any social media. It went from a second priority, straight to the top. Television sets the bar really high for how people think their own relationships are going to be like. Typically real-world relationships are nothing like the movies. Everyone is different; everyone will have his or her own different…

we live out our humanity. It is impossible to exist without having culture. Unfortunately, there are many times that we just overlook the cultural aspect of what, to us, just seems to be “everyday life.” For example, look at dating in America. It may be argued that dating in America, though very different from maybe middle eastern or tribal courtship, isn’t very different from its close relative,…

need to be in a relationship, a rational course of action, but can easily get out of hand, so the more rational course of action is to control it at the very least. As a teenager, of 14, I believe that parents should set guidelines for their children dating. This isn’t to say that everything must be monitored, nor that the children mustn't have a relationship, but that said relationship must be controlled to avoid any “mishaps.” With rules in place, not only does it let parents rest assured of…