2011
DOI: 10.20377/jfr-200
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Online dating: The tensions between romantic love and economic rationalization

Abstract: This paper will at first show how romantic love and economic rationality have emerged in modernity as two distinct spheres, which are characterized by their own normative principles, expectations and practical orientations – two spheres that have systematically been opposed in sociological tradition. In a second part, it will be analyzed how these two distinct sets of normative principles and practical orientations are both introduced into the field of online dating. This leads to the third part which investig… Show more

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“…Whereassta tuscom pat i bil ityintermsofedu ca tionorplaceofori ginplayedamin i malrole(KerckhoffandDavis1962), matching in terms of mar riage and gen der role beliefsmatteredinpar tiallyexplainingthehigherchanceofmar ry ingamonghighly edu catedwomen.First,find ingsspeakofthepiv otalrolethatmar riagestillplaysin Germany(KlärnerandKnabe2017)andamonguni ver sityedu catedwomeningen eral(Cherlin2020).Second,inviewofsup ple men taryresultsindi cat ingthathighly edu catedwomenwithtra di tionalmar riageatti tudesselfselectintodig i talpart ner search(TableF1,onlineappen dix),internetdat ingseemstobeposi tionedasalong termdat ingcon text(Lietal.2013),selec tivelyappeal ingtoindi vid u alswithastron ger focus on life long unions and inti macy goals (Sanderson et al 2007). Rather thanbeingaspacewherepeo plemakedeci sionsbasedonlyonimpulseormar ket like rationalizations, dig i tal part ner mar kets-par tic u larly dat ing websites-may in fact be hyperromanticized spaces where tra di tional ide als of longlast ing love still dom i nate (Bergström 2011;Dröge and Voirol 2011) but where con ser va tive gen derviewscansimul ta neouslybechal lenged.Asexpected,onlinedat ingasan unre strictedspaceformateselec tionincen tiv izedthehighlyedu cated-par tic u larly womenwithanegal i tar ianvisionofdoingfam ily-toselectpart nerswithasim i lar mindset(Press2004).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Whereassta tuscom pat i bil ityintermsofedu ca tionorplaceofori ginplayedamin i malrole(KerckhoffandDavis1962), matching in terms of mar riage and gen der role beliefsmatteredinpar tiallyexplainingthehigherchanceofmar ry ingamonghighly edu catedwomen.First,find ingsspeakofthepiv otalrolethatmar riagestillplaysin Germany(KlärnerandKnabe2017)andamonguni ver sityedu catedwomeningen eral(Cherlin2020).Second,inviewofsup ple men taryresultsindi cat ingthathighly edu catedwomenwithtra di tionalmar riageatti tudesselfselectintodig i talpart ner search(TableF1,onlineappen dix),internetdat ingseemstobeposi tionedasalong termdat ingcon text(Lietal.2013),selec tivelyappeal ingtoindi vid u alswithastron ger focus on life long unions and inti macy goals (Sanderson et al 2007). Rather thanbeingaspacewherepeo plemakedeci sionsbasedonlyonimpulseormar ket like rationalizations, dig i tal part ner mar kets-par tic u larly dat ing websites-may in fact be hyperromanticized spaces where tra di tional ide als of longlast ing love still dom i nate (Bergström 2011;Dröge and Voirol 2011) but where con ser va tive gen derviewscansimul ta neouslybechal lenged.Asexpected,onlinedat ingasan unre strictedspaceformateselec tionincen tiv izedthehighlyedu cated-par tic u larly womenwithanegal i tar ianvisionofdoingfam ily-toselectpart nerswithasim i lar mindset(Press2004).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Es geht nicht nur darum, Verliebtsein in Liebe zu transformieren, sondern auch darum, die Emotionen und Erfahrungen, die sich im Online-Kontakt entwickelt haben, in die Offl ine-Sphäre zu übersetzen. Das ist keine leichte Aufgabe, und nicht selten scheitert die aufkeimende Beziehung genau an diesem Punkt (Dröge/Voirol 2011).…”
Section: Gender Sonderheftunclassified
“…For a more nuanced perspective, that discusses Illouz’s position as well, see e.g. Dröge and Voirol 2011.…”
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confidence: 99%