SOCY 284 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Grindr, Cybersex, Network Society

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 284
• Professor: Ryan Martin

Document Summary

In relation to network society - which things you think you"re going to dwell on. 20th century: dating becomes an activity in its own right. Multiplicity of sites: homes, cars, public spaces, forms of communication etc. From dating vs hookup culture from juggling potential partners to casual experimentation. Diversity and difference: significance of social classes, gender, sexual orientation, age, location, religion, cultural background for the normative shaping of dating and courtship. The shift from pre modern to romantic to pure love. Romantic love is generally seen as fated commitment towards a true love, pure relationships are based on the idea of choice not fate. The late modern context of an increase in life choices in the context of globalization and contemporary consumer culture. Contraception, divorce, and cohabitation, equal rights etc. Portable person hood - careers and lives are on the move, multiplication of possibilities for relationships outside of neighbourhood. Match making is not new to a digital age.