The rise of newspapers created a solution for this problem, with their personal advertisements section, the analogue version of dating websites.
If you disagreed with your parents’ choice, or if your parents were unable to find you a partner, you would have to either accept your fate, or find different ways to look for someone. The famous opening line of Jane Austen's (1813) classic book 'Pride and Prejudice' runs as follows: 'It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of good fortune must be in want of a wife.' The expressed sentiment illustrates that the characters in the book, like most people, are much occupied with finding a partner, to attain things like love, stability or security.Ī partner in the time of Jane Austen was usually handpicked or at least approved of by the parents.
Dating apps enable us to do things we have never done before and are now often created to fit into a specific (sub)culture. This article discusses several dating apps using theories regarding globalization.
