arlier in the description of a classic date, some women would feel bothered, like they are being babied. Dating in the United States has changed greatly in the past 80 years. However some things still do remain the same. There is still an expectation that men will pay for a date, at least initially. The economy of dating does still exist today, but under different circumstances. For example, the economy of dating still is very prevalent in ones younger age, such as junior high. That is a situation where everybody wants to be popular, and dating becomes one way to achieve that. Dating is also still a way to achieved popularity. But there are also other ways of becoming popular, and if one does not date a lot there is still hope for them. A person who does date a lot, compared to someone that dates never, today might be more popular in an almost unrecognized way. They have a high status in the attracting members of the opposite sex area. By college age however, popularity is not a reason for dating. Popularity altogether is not a big issue for most people in college, although it is for some. Dating is used to have fun, or to even find a life mate. When people do go steady for a long time, they can still lose popularity, but not because they dont date a lot. It is because they are not available to anyone else being that they are involved in a commitment. An attractive girl always seems to become a little more popular when she becomes single. The rating system exists today, but not like it did in the economy of dating that Bailey discussed. It is more of an approval rating by peers based on the persons qualities that you are dating, not their popularity. Trying to define dating proved to be difficult because it is a hard term to define, and it means different people to different things. My synopsis of dating in the modern world could be totally altered from someone elses. I tried to write about what I have seen though, a...
