| #daily read |
[May. 20th, 2016|12:12 pm] |
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dating itself often feels like the worst, most precarious form of contemporary labor: an unpaid internship.
though dating is passed off as a leisure activity, it really is a lot of work, particularly for women. it requires physical effort—all that primping, exercising, shopping, and grooming—as well as sizable investments of time, money, and emotion.
the way we consume love changes to reflect the economy of the times. the monogamy of the booming postwar fifties offered “a kind of romantic full employment,” while the free love of the sixties signified not the death of dating but its deregulation on the free market. the luxury-and self-obsessed yuppies of the “greed is good” eighties demanded that the romantic market deliver partners tailored to their niche specifications, developing early versions of the kinds of matchmaking services that have been perfected in today’s digital gig economy, where the personal is professional, and everyone self-brands accordingly.
dating is therefore a powerful force of social control.
always found the whole concept dull and tiring. cool to know that i'm not the only one. |
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