1. “Hooking Up, Hanging Out and Hoping for Mr.Right” Glenn & Marquadt (2001) DatingHooking Up CourtshipHanging Out

2. What is Hooking Up? definition definition prevalence among college women and men prevalence among college women and men gender differences gender differences importance of its ambiguity importance of its ambiguity

3. Why are more people Hooking Up? Causes: More women in college with different motivations More women in college with different motivations Sexual revolution and women’s movements Sexual revolution and women’s movements End of in loco parentis End of in loco parentis Figure 3 Figure 3

4. Discussion 1. What are the women’s reasons for doing it? 2. Is this an accurate description of the college dating scene? 3. What assumptions are embedded in this study in terms of gender, power and inequality? 4. How are college women portrayed in this study? 5. How has online dating changed human interactions? Any room left for the real and flawed? Is it a money issue?

5. “A Half Century Of Mate Preferences” Buss (2001) Study about mate preferences from 1939 to 1996. Study about mate preferences from 1939 to 1996. Confirms previous findings: Confirms previous findings: 1. Men more than women valued good looks in a potential spouse. Also good health, cook/housekeeper. 2. Women more than men valued: - similar educational background - good financial prospects - ambition and industriousness GENDER COVERGENCE since 1956

6. Regional differences? Overall Overall Specific: the case of… Specific: the case of…

7. Evolution of Mate Preferences Chastity Chastity Physical Attractiveness Physical Attractiveness Financial Resources (more in men) Financial Resources (more in men) Good Cook and Housekeeper (for men) Good Cook and Housekeeper (for men) Mutual Attraction and Love Mutual Attraction and Love Convergence Between the Sexes Convergence Between the Sexes - haven’t we seen this yet? Continuities Over the Generations Continuities Over the Generations - stability in some preferences and in some sex differences