| Portion of title |
How gender still shapes how we date |
| 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. |
| Abstract |
"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 |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-221) and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Lamont, Ellen, 1979- Mating game. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020] 9780520970724 |
| Genre/form | Case studies. |
| Genre/form | Case studies. |
| ISBN | 9780520298682 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0520298683 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 9780520298699 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 0520298691 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (electronic book) |
