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Dating: In many cultures around the world, dating is a serious family matter, which is based on its culture and social values; where parents believe in arranged marrige or at least to make sure that their children get marry at certain age. In contrast in the United States, independency plays an important role in how singles value and date others. In America, whom to date is mainly a personal decision rather than parents’ influences. Parents expect their children to get married though, but is their son or daughter’s whom choice when and who they want to marry. Middle class tend to priorities other things that are more important to them, such as get a college degree, get a job, and then date their future spouse to settle down. Before the internet era, some American would meet prospective husband or wife in college, through friends, at work, etc. But now is very popular that singles are trying to meet people on websites and from cell phone applications. Dating people online can create other social issues. For example, some individuals might get in the illusion that there are so many singles looking for your mate, therefore some can get in to a bad habit of constantly meet new people, but do not want to get in a meaningful relationship and they may spend years dating looking for a perfect mate when in reality that does not exist. [2] Online dating might add up the number of single people who are looking for a mate or a relationship that can lead them to a courtship since having so many choices can be difficult to make up your mind. http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/document.php?id=cqresrre2015032000
Meeting people from social sites might isolate us even more due to lack of communication face to face with friends and interact with new people on public places.
Stranger danger[edit][edit]
Since people dating often do not know each other well, there is the risk of violence, including date rape. According to one report, there was a 10% chance of violence between students happening between a boyfriend and girlfriend, sometimes described as "intimate partner violence", over a 12–month period.[65] Another estimate was that 20% of U.S. high school girls aged 14–18 were "hit, slapped, shoved or forced into sexual activity".[66] There is evidence that violence while dating isn't limited to any one culture or group or religion, but that it remains an issue in different countries.[67] It is usually the female who is the victim, but there have been cases where males have been hurt as well. Sara McCorquodale suggests that women meeting strangers on dates meet initially in busy public places, share details of upcoming dates with friends or family so they know where they'll be and who they'll be with, avoid revealing one's surname or address, and conducting searches on them on the Internet prior to the date.[68] One advisor suggested: Don't leave drinks unattended; have an exit plan if things go badly; and ask a friend to call you on your cell phone an hour into the date to ask how it's going.[68] In some regions of the world, such as Chechnya, bride stealing is fairly common, enough to provoke leader Ramzan Kadyrov to urge young men to use persuasion instead.[69] Kadyrov advised:
Technology[edit] The internet is shaping the way new generations date. Facebook, Skype, Whatsapp, and other applications have made remote connections possible. Particularly for the LGBTI community, where the dating pool can be more difficult to navigate because of discrimination and having a 'minority' status in society, online dating tools are an alternate way to meet potential dates.[70] New software applications such as Grindr has also provided a means for homosexual people to meet with possible partners for sexual encounters in close proximity.[71]
Internet Dating sites and cell phones applications, have make our lives more easies to meet singles. Symbolic interactionism theory is an example of online dating. It demonstrates how humans are good at following communication symbols like for example, the use of certain language and images. Although computer match-maker programs have being around for years, but in the last 20 years is when online dating became popular. Nowadays, Young people and even some from the old school have an online dating profile. The easy way to get to meet new singles is very simple through this new technology and can be dangerous as well because some people might get addictive to it and might not get into any serious relationship at all. http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/document.php?id=cqresrre2015032000
Conflict theory, plays a big role in social media and technology. Online dating sites like Match.com and eHarmony are making billions of dollars from regular users; in March, 2015 Match.com had 35 million visitors. These company’s concerns are basely to update their sites to attract more customers and increase revenues. Even the free phones dating applications are making money from small advertising that pop up to users.
Some females complain being victims of cyberbully on some of these free dating sites. While others experience sexual harassment. http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/document.php?id=cqresrre2015032000