The Social Cost of Online Dating

by Anna Bonta Moreland

Dating apps lead young people to settle for a quick fix, a temporary satiation of a deep, human desire to love and be loved, to know and be known. Continue Reading »

4 Oct 2021 0

Bring Back the Coffee Date

by Anna Bonta Moreland

College students need to rehabilitate a social script that helps them get to know each other with the lights on, in real and not digital relationships. Continue Reading »

26 Dec 2020 0

Kissing Purity Culture Goodbye

by Abigail Rine Favale

Joshua Harris has officially denounced and discontinued publication of his bestselling book I Kissed Dating Goodbye. Continue Reading »

2 Nov 2018 0

Swiping for Soul Mates

by Julia Shaw

Previous generations of Americans married the boy or girl next door—literally. According to one study from 1932, one-third of married couples grew up within five blocks of each other. But things have changed. Now, boy and girl are matched by an app; boy texts girl. Girl schedules a meeting. Or she . . . . Continue Reading »

24 Nov 2015 0

Unsolicited Advice On How To Find A Mate

by Betsy VanDenBerghe

In one of his lesser known comedies, playwright Neil Simon depicts the irrationality of undiluted physical attraction through the love-struck yearnings of Norman. A ’60s radical, second in his class at Dartmouth, and writer for a subversive magazine called Fallout, he falls hopelessly in love with the Star-Spangled and athletic Southern girl from Hunnicut who’s moved into his San Francisco apartment building. “I’ve become an animal,” he tells his friend Andy. “I’ve developed senses no man has ever used before. I can smell the shampoo in her hair three city blocks away. I can have my radio turned up full blast and still hear her taking off her stockings!” Continue Reading »

14 Jul 2014 0