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"Will anyone date any more?" Today the government bodies reveal that courtship is in crisis. However when Moira Weigel dives into the history of intimacy and romance in modern America, she discovers that government bodies have always said this. Ever since teenagers and women started to go out collectively, older decades have scolded them: That isn't the best way to find real love. The first women who made dates with strangers were often arrested for prostitution; a long time before "hookup culture", there have been "petting gatherings"; before parents worried about cell phone apps, they fretted about joyrides and "car parking". Dating is always dying. But this will not mean that love is dead. It simply changes with the market. Dating is, and always has been, linked with work. Lines like "I'll choose you up at six" made sense at a time when people had jobs that began and finished at fixed time. But in an age group of agreement work and flextime, most of us have become intimate freelancers, much more likely to text somebody, "u still up?" Weaving collectively over a century of background with scenes from the modern-day landscaping, Labor of Love offers a brand new feminist perspective how we came currently the ways we do. This is not a guide to "getting the man". You will discover no absurd "guidelines" to check out. Instead Weigel helps us know how looking for love shapes who we could and maybe leads us nearer to the happy ending that dating promises.
