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Young women have told us over and over that today’s world of courtship, marriage, and family is very different than what their mothers experienced. Do young men share their views?

Find out by reading Vyom Mehta’s piece on how cyber space confines our interactions with the opposite sex. Watch Wael Hattar’s “Life could be a dream” for a different perspective on domestic violence. See if you can identify with any of Noam Toran’s “Object’s for Lonely Men.”

In a world where young women’s roles in dating and courtship have changed dramatically, how has this change affected young men? Tell us your story.
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Are men really from Mars and women from Venus?

It’s no secret that the world of dating and relationships has changed drastically for both men and women of this generation. The internet, for one, has had a huge impact. But has it changed “dating” for better or for worse? And just how widespread is the phenomena of internet dating? In countries without easy internet access, has dating and courtship changed all that much? Do men date a certain kind of woman but marry another?

What role are women playing in relationships these days? Do women claim they want the nice guys but always turn them down in favor of the bad boys?

Let us know what you think. Join the conversation.

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Marcella Cross
Canada
Posted on Wednesday, January 03, 2007 11:42 AM
I dunno... this all seems so cliché
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Jake Jumper
United States Virgin Islands
Posted on Tuesday, January 02, 2007 10:53 PM
i like what fernando says. i like it when people call me. women, i mean. you shouldn't worry so much you should just call. trust your instincts, not your fears.
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Posted on Tuesday, January 02, 2007 12:04 PM
Experimentation with multiple partners and different genders seems to be becoming the standard for our generation of 20 and 30-somethings, at least in certain parts of the world. Or so Roi Werner would have it seem in “Bordo” as he captures the fluid and fragile state of relationships in 2007:
http://imaginingourselves.imow.org/pb/Story.aspx?id=960&lang=1
Surely, these are issues that generations before us have faced but certainly not to the same degree. Is our generation so spoiled by choice that we have chosen not to choose? Perhaps we are looking for someone, but we don’t know who exactly we are looking for. Are we just impatient? Are we evolving with the fast-paced nature of the times that seems to foster restlessness even when it comes to matters of the heart? Maybe it is much simpler than all that. Maybe settling down has become less of a priority. What do you all think?
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