Category Archives: Courtship
Romance Is Risk
By: Margaret Fox My friends and I have spent a lot of late nights sprawled out on floor pillows in someone’s dorm room, complaining about the pathetic state of ‘relationships’ in college. There’s the casual hookup which becomes a relationship … Continue reading
Three Cheers for the End of Courtship?
By: Caitlin Seery We are all up in arms about courtship this week, it seems. Over at the New York Times they’re lamenting its demise while cheers of good riddance can be heard from the female millennials over at Slate … Continue reading
Getting Rid of Romance
By: Quinn McDowell Let’s get rid of romance. Or at least quit romanticizing our romantic relationships. We can only start to rediscover the building blocks of healthy relationships once we’ve jettisoned the romanticization of romance. So let’s toss it out … Continue reading
I Didn’t Marry My Soul Mate
By: Quinn McDowell You read that right. My beautiful new bride isn’t my soul mate. In the confusing world of relationships, guys often make a crucial error in their approach to finding a wife: we operate under the assumption that … Continue reading
"Courtship, Etiquette, and the Adolescent Male" by Randall B Smith
Recently, Randall Smith discussed how etiquette and courtship rituals, which once helped channel masculine energy into constructive ends, has degenerated into hook-ups. In his opinion, women have been a large part of the cause. Read on for his take: I … Continue reading
Courting with Sohaib Sultan, Zeba Iqbal, Aman Ali, Munira Lekovic
On March 3, the Love and Fidelity Network cosponsored a day-long conference with the Muslim Life Program and AltMuslimah.com called “Courtship, Marriage, and Divorce: The American Muslim Happily Ever After.” This event brought together a diverse group of thinkers ranging … Continue reading
A Generation Failing to Commit by Rachel Augustus
Abstract The period of time referred to as “emerging adulthood” has been redefined, allowing young adults to alter their goals and lifestyles. Marriage is no longer viewed as an essential step to adulthood, nor is it greatly valued. With these … Continue reading
Valentine’s Ad #2
Sources: “Using the March 2004 Current Population Survey (CPS), we estimated standard human capital regressions, expanded to include race, Hispanic origin, and presence of children. Among men, ages 25-49, the coefficient on being married implied a 34 percent earnings advantage … Continue reading
My Sexual Choices Now Are Making a Difference, LFN’s 5th Annual Intercollegiate V-Day Campaign
Today, the Love and Fidelity Network is pleased to introduce an intercollegiate advertising campaign with the prominent tagline “My sexual choices now are making a difference.” This campaign–presented by 19 colleges and universities (including five Ivy Leagues) through 9,000 posters–sends … Continue reading
Hookup Hysteria by Michael Habashi
Despite the issues that these two respondents pose to Shanahan and Morgan’s research, the fact that I can only really conclude that two subjects had hookups evidences the fact that hookups are not nearly as widespread as they are thought to be. Members of the hookup culture are a minority on Duke’s campus, just as they are in my data, representing only 6% of the sample. Continue reading