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Weigel, Moira
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Fiction
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2016
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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English
β 181 KB
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Labor of Love: The Invention of Dating
β Scribed by Weigel, Moira
- Book ID
- 109325396
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 355 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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"Does anyone date anymore?" Today, the authorities tell us that courtship is in crisis. But when Moira Weigel dives into the history of sex and romance in modern America, she discovers that authorities have always said this. Ever since young men and women started to go out together, older generations have scolded them: That's not the way to find true love. The first women who made dates with strangers were often arrested for prostitution; long before "hookup culture," there were "petting parties"; before parents worried about cell phone apps, they fretted about joyrides and "parking." Dating is always dying. But this does not mean that love is dead. It simply changes with the economy. Dating is, and always has been, tied to work.
Lines like "I'll pick you up at six" made sense at a time when people had jobs that started and ended at fixed hours. But in an age of contract work and flextime, many of us have become sexual freelancers, more likely to text a partner "u still...
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