The Mating Game: How Gender Still Shapes How We Date

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 w...