A Brief History of Dating
While online and dating personals today has become a rather casual, noncommittal event or coming together of two people, such was not always the case. Below we have outlined some of the history of dating. Keep in mind that this history of dating is a very brief history of dating, and does not in any way include all of the history of dating or even some of the events and background that you may either be familiar with or that you may hold important - what is highlighted below should be seen more as a quick snapshot of some of the history of dating we found interesting, and worth mentioning, even if just for entertainment value.
- Dating 'pre' and 'post' Industrial revolution were pretty different in terms of goals and accepted practices. Prior to the Industrial Revolution, dating often involved more traditional forms of courtship. Courtship tended to be more about survival and economic necessity than about finding the love of your life, i.e., companionship. After the Industrial Revolution, men and women were freer to date those people they were attracted to rather than those who could provide the economic security to assure the survival of one's family. The structure of relationships progressed from here.
- The arrival of cars and modes of transportation other than public transportation contributed to the reality of what we know as dating today. The advent of automobiles and affordable private transportation opened up the door to individuals being able to 'court' or 'date' others who lived farther away, as well as provided independence from the necessity to meet at home - just imagine if today you had to walk, ride a horse, or take a train to pick up your date (how many of you would go on a date with someone you'd only met once if you knew your travel time would be four or five hours?)
- Feminist movements improved the status and independence of women, altering the 'old' view of what was appropriate and acceptable in society. The move from women being forced to stay at home to have children and 'take care of house and home' to being equal to men was a great change in the norm. While much still remains to truly allow for the establishment of complete equality, strides in education, employment, social acceptance, traditional family structure and responsibility shifts, and myriad other equality factors have brought to light this simple fact: Women are, and should be considered, equal to men (and, let's face it guys, superior to men in so many ways). That's supposed to be humorous guys, so don't blow your top just yet (albeit humor with a hint of truth).
- While it may or may not be a greatly known fact, historically (and this is surely open to criticism) women oftentimes went off to college with the hopes of 'finding a husband'. As the economic situation improved in the U.S. and abroad, and women's rights were advanced, women were given (we believe they should have had these rights to begin with) the opportunity to attend colleges and universities in order to study and become professionally and economically independent. The advancement of society as a whole was now able to drive forward behind the machine power of not only men, but women as well, who could and would contribute equally to the societies in which they lived. Many advancements occur each and every day towards total equality between the sexes, but many injustices still exist around the world, as well as in the U.S. In the U.S., much of this inequality is easy to see in the disparate range of salaries between men and women in equal employment positions.
- Birth control, while always the 'hot' topic, contributed to relationships between men and women by directly affecting the way people viewed and practiced sexual relationships. Prior to the advent of birth control, sex was much more linked to pregnancy. As birth control became more prevalent, including the use of condoms, birth control pills, the sponge, and other forms of birth control, sex gradually became less associated with pregnancy and more and more associated with sexual pleasure. While religion often plays a role in combating birth control acceptance and methods, birth control has become a mainstream practice in the U.S. and around the world. Sex is now something two people can have without actually having a strong negative impact on either person's moral standing, and it can be practiced using safer and more effective products. (Degreedate.com neither advocates nor is against the relationships people choose; we only stress the importance of 100% safety 100% of the time).
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