Playing the Love Market: "dating, Romance and the Real World"
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This book directly addresses the question of what is causing people, regardless of their sexuality to use more commercial means of searching for potential partners. The authors do this in a straightforward, realistic but generally neglected view by psychologists, sociologists, and other personal relationship professionals. They investigate the effectiveness and personal cost of searching for partners by different methods; how people trade off age, physical attractiveness and financial resources against each other; the risks of different dating methods; and the differences in the market for same-sex dating partners. While existing studies and guides to the dating process typically bypass the simple, inescapable and essential features of the way human beings proceed to instigate and assess relationships, the bottom line is that there is a market for potential relationship partners, in which individuals have to function to acquire dates. Like any market there is a supply and demand for th
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1853434949
ISBN13:9781853434945
Release Date:March 2000
Publisher:Free Association Books
Length:186 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"
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