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Heinrich, Ursula
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Fall 2020
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2020
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Background: Online dating is a new phenomenon that has burst from the seams of the American dating culture. Once looked upon as a less desirable avenue of obtaining a long term partner or spouse, has become a common and now socially acceptable means for dating and meeting potential mates.
Objective: The aim of this paper is to examine why women choose online dating and to note if they are successful in obtaining a potential partner from online dating.
Design and Method: The research method used was from scholarly articles, surveys, self-reported surveys and articles concerning the attitudes of Americans and their participation in online dating. The research question of this paper asks what are the expectations of middle-aged women and are they met with the process of online dating.
Results: Online dating is now more socially acceptable than twenty-five years ago in the United States and has a large percentage of users that have daily interactions in search of potential heterosexual relationships.
Conclusions: Women are finding online dating interesting but also wary of the selection of eligible men available on online dating sites. Women are interested in the physical appearance of a potential date, but are more concerned with preferred commonalities, his ability to strongly convey who he is and to feel safe while going through the process of dating.
Keywords: dating, online, women, traditional, relationship, participants
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