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.
Through interviews with heterosexual and LGBTQ individuals, Ellen Lamont\'s The Mating Game explor.
These tenacious beliefs now vie with cultural messages of Gender equality that stress independence, self-development, and egalitarian practices in public and private life.
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