Mating Game

Despite 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.

In ciuda schimbarilor enorme in modelele de intalnire si curte din America din secolul XXI, intelegerile contemporane despre romantism si intimitate raman ferm inradacinate in presupunerile vechi ale diferentei de gen. Aceste convingeri tenace se confrunta acum cu mesaje culturale de egalitate de gen care subliniaza independenta, dezvoltarea de sine si practicile egalitare in viata publica si privata. Prin interviuri cu persoane heterosexuale si LGBTQ, The Mating Game al lui Ellen Lamont exploreaza modul in care oamenii cu diverse sexualitati si identitati de gen datati, formati relatii romantice si luati decizii cu privire la angajamentele viitoare, pe masura ce negociaza un teren incert, plin de mesaje concurente despre sex, sexualitate si intimitate.