Dating essentially stemmed from the lack of opportunity experienced by lower-class members. The idea of ‘calling’ was not a practical system for young people who lived in crowded areas in which parlors and pianos did not exist for them. The idea of ‘calling’ soon began to fade after the rise of the invention of the automobile. “In the early 1930s, the word dating had transcended its origins: Middle-class America neither associated it with upper-class rebellion nor the urban lower classes” (Bailey, 19). The interwar period was ultimately a time where new concepts in relationships were emerging. It could be argued that these years ‘tested the waters’ for experiencing the evolution of a male and female’s relationship. The dating system essentially