1. The demise of dating / Charles M. Blow -- 2. Reviving a dating culture / Meg McDonnell -- 3. America's hookup culture is sexist / Glenn T. Stanton -- 4. Society, not hookup culture, is sexist / Kate Harding -- 5. Dating websites can yield good relationships / Sean Poulter -- 6. Dating websites do not yield good relationships / Nicole Christopher -- 7. The scientific flaws of online dating sites / Eli J. Finkel and Susan Sprecher -- 8. In wake of Southfield Motel murder, seven notable cases of online dating gone wrong / Aaron Foley -- 9. Teen dating violence is a serious problem / American Psychological Association -- 10. Teen dating violence has been exaggerated / Benjamin Radford -- 11. Date rape on college campuses is a serious problem / Tina deVaron -- 12. Are one in five college women sexually assaulted? : the vice president buys into the campus-rape lie / Heather Mac Donald -- 13. Student-teacher dating should be illegal / Hannah Dreier -- 14. Student-teacher dating should not be illegal / Rebecca Kling -- 15. The case for cohabitation / Hannah Seligson -- 16. Couples should not live together before marriage / Dan Delzell.
Summary:
Presents differing views on the various social aspects of dating. Examines the enormous debate over whether the emergence of hookup culture is positive or negative, whether it hurts girls or empowers them, and whether it dangerously erodes the fabric of society or is the natural outcome of a society inching closer to gender equality.
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