Bibliograph

The mating game, how gender still shapes how we date, Ellen Lamont

Type

Label

The mating game, how gender still shapes how we date, Ellen Lamont

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-221) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The mating game

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1140406484

Responsibility statement

Ellen Lamont

Sub title

how gender still shapes how we date

Summary

"Despite enormous changes in patterns of dating and courtship in twenty-first-century America, contemporary understandings of romance and intimacy remain firmly rooted in assumptions of gender difference. Yet these beliefs now vie with new cultural messages of gender equality that stress self-development, independence, 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 gendered identities date, form romantic relationships, and make decisions about future commitments as they negotiate an uncertain romantic landscape fraught with competing messages about gender, sexuality, and intimate relationships"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The puzzling persistence of gendered dating -- The quest for egalitarian love -- New goals, old scripts : heterosexual women caught between tradition and equality -- A few good (heterosexual) men : inequality disguised as romance -- Queering courtship : LGBQ people reimagine relationships -- The more things change ... -- Dated dating and the stalled gender revolution -- Appendix 1: Summary of interview respondents -- Appendix 2: Interview guide

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