DATING PHILOSOPHY FOR EVERYONE Speed dating, online dating, group blind dating, dating consultants A booming dating industry is catering to an ever-increasing number of single adults in the twenty-first century, with the market for a mate now pulling in more than a billion dollars a year in the United States. So, how do we successfully attempt to navigate the dating minefield? Progressing from the first flirtatious moment of eye contact to the selection of a mate, Dating Philosophy for Everyone includes a number of playful yet relevant essays for anyone who has dated, is dating, or intends to date again. It offers fascinating philosophical explorations of topics such as: The taboos of dating and how to play the dating game Should science teach men how to attract women? The problem of having too much choice The vicissitudes of dating and mating are explored from a number of perspectives, all of which will help demystify coupling in the twenty-first century for those young daters just entering the fray, and those veterans returning to the game.

DATINGPHILOSOPHY FOR EVERYONESpeed dating, online dating, group blind dating, dating consultants... A booming dating industry is catering to an ever-increasing number of single adults in the twenty-first century, with the market for a mate now pulling in more than a billion dollars a year in the United States. So, how do we successfully attempt to navigate the dating minefield?Progressing from the first flirtatious moment of eye contact to the selection of a "mate," Dating - Philosophy for Everyone includes a number of playful yet relevant essays for anyone who has dated, is dating, or intends to date again. It offers fascinating philosophical explorations of topics such as:* The taboos of dating and how to play the dating game* Should science teach men how to attract women?* The problem of having too much choiceThe vicissitudes of dating and mating are explored from a number of perspectives, all of which will help demystify coupling in the twenty-first century for those young daters just entering the fray, and those veterans returning to the game.

Foreword viiiJoshua Wolf ShenkAcknowledgments xiKristie Miller and Marlene ClarkFlirting with Big Ideas: An Introduction to Dating - Philosophy for Everyone 1Kristie Miller and Marlene ClarkPart I GETTING STARTED: From Flirting to Dating 111 The Philosophy of Flirting 13Carrie S. Jenkins2 Good Girls Don't, but Boys Don't Either: Toward a Conservative Position on Male Flirting 19Emily Langan3 Love for Sale: Dating as a Calculated Exchange 37Jennifer A. Samp and Andrew I. Cohen4 The Dating Elevator: Pushing the Right Buttons and Moving from Floor to Floor 49John Rowan and Patricia HallenPart II NO-NO'S: Dating Taboos 655 "Crazy in Love": The Nature of Romantic Love 67Mary Beth Yount6 I'm Dating My Sister, and Other Taboos 76Kristie Miller7 Just Pushy Enough 90Anne Barnhill8 Buy My Love: On Sex Workers, Gold Diggers, and "Rules Girls" 101Kyla Reid and Tinashe DunePart III ROLLING RIGHT ALONG: Dating Like a Pro 1159 Against Matchmaking 117Joshua S. Heter10 Hitting the Bars with Aristotle: Dating in a Time of Uncertainty 126Richard Paul Hamilton11 I've Never Been on a Date (yet Somehow I Got Married!) 139Andrew Terjesen12 Morality, Spontaneity, and the Art of Getting (Truly) Lucky on the First Date 151Christopher Brown and David W. TienPart IV ANOTHER WORLD: Cyber-Rendezvous 16513 Dating and Play in Virtual Worlds 167Bo Brinkman14 How To Be Yourself in an Online World 180Dan SilberPart V FROM DATE TO MATE: "Natural" Selection? 19515 Evolutionary Psychology and Seduction Strategies: Should Science Teach Men How to Attract Women? 197Hichem Naar and Alberto Masala16 Mating, Dating, and Mathematics: It's All in the Game 211Mark Colyvan17 Why Less May Be More: Dating and the City 221Marlene ClarkNotes on Contributors 233