relations, and like to wait for multiple dates to occur before engaging in sexual activity. Africans/blacks, the research sample was too small to determine any solid results. However, research studies have shown in the past that African-Americans have more different dating patterns than other groups. For example, their dating and mate selection is more centered on their neighborhood, church, or school (Staples 1991). One research showed that blacks in comparison to whites are more flexible and less traditional when it comes to dating role patterns, for example, having the male pay for the date (Ross and Davis 1996). Hispanics/Mexicans: Males are more likely to engage in sexual activity sooner and date more frequently than most of the other groups. Hispanic females are likely to kiss on the first date, but not go much farther than that. Hispanic females date the most frequently. Both sexes believe that interracial relations are okay. Caucasian: Males date a lot (several times per month), and are the most likely to go further into sexual relations than any of the other groups sooner. Approximately half of the white males feel that interracial relations are not okay. Females: white females date more than the females of the other groups (several times per month). More white females are not okay with interracial dating than females from other groups. More white females date for sexual purposes than females from the other groups. Current research on this topic says that the majority of the relationships today among young adults are mostly for sexual relations, not for finding a mate and a marriage. The groups in the other category were entirely too random to conclude a solid opinion. What I have found from my research is that about eighty-five percent do date to find a spouse. The others that date for other reasons are dating for, but have the ultimate motive to date for purposes of finding a spouse. This research that I ...
