Summary Of Dating For Dummies By Joy Browne

Browne, Joy. Dating for Dummies. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2011. Print.

Introduction

Dating has been present since time immemorial. The traditional aspect of dating entails a meeting between two people of opposite sex to make a connection. However, this aspect has changed significantly with people affiliated to same sex getting into dating today. In the book, Dating for Dummies, Joy Browne discusses the process of dating leading to a burgeoning relationship. With short-term relationships and increasing number of failing marriages in the 21st century, dating wisely leads to a great relationship in which both individuals handle their issues efficiently without hurting each other unnecessarily.

An overview of the book and the main points

Therefore, a person’s behavior reflected through actions can turn off an ideal date. In such a case, one must maintain an ideal personality right from the first meeting. Self-awareness equips people with the power to have fun, leading to outstanding experience throughout the process of dating (Browne 12). Currently, changes in the society, entertainment, technology, and sexuality have led to modern dating in which people have unrealistic expectations in the course of dating. With the level of urgency in modern dating, people push their partners to provide them with meaningful lives and make them happy, leading to unnecessary burdens. With the obstacles accompanying modern dating, people constantly question about their willingness to spend the rest of their lives with others (Browne 16). Today, modern technology forms a significant part of people’s lives. Browne postulates that technology impacts dating to significant extents. Currently, technology facilitates long-distance relationships as the Internet provides online platforms on which people from different parts of the world meet. On the contrary, such platforms lead to adulterated relationships as individuals do not spend time together to know each other. As such, partners in long-distance relationships end indulging in sexual activities during their physical meetings leading to fantasies deviating from

As promoted by the traditional commercials, men look for women with raven-like hair, emerald eyes, and a slender figure (Browne 39). The Victorian traditions encouraged women to maintain slim bodies and maintain long hair. Such a tradition prevails today as most of the men view slender women as attractive; hence, their preference for dating slender women to voluptuous ones (Sharp & Keyton 17-19). Conversely, the author claims that women want handsome, chisel-chinned CEOs looking forward to marry and have children after long romantic dating (Browne 39). Such an ideology conforms to the traditional postulations of physical traits of masculinity and the capacity of a man as the provider (Gaines 80-81). Furthermore, Browne also assumes that men hate makeup which women use to improve their physical appearances (Browne 45). Brown’s postulation conforms to the traditional depictions of masculinity barring men from altering their appearances with the help of makeup (McCarty & Kelly 238). However, the trend is changing today as more men embrace products aimed at improving their