Conventions of Courtship: Gender and Race Differences in the Significance of Dating Rituals

Autor/inn/en	Jackson, Pamela Braboy; Kleiner, Sibyl; Geist, Claudia; Cebulko, Kara
Titel	Conventions of Courtship: Gender and Race Differences in the Significance of Dating Rituals
Quelle	In: Journal of Family Issues, 32 (2011) 5, S.629-652 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0192-513X
DOI	10.1177/0192513X10395113
Schlagwörter	College Students; African Americans; Race; Dating (Social); Racial Differences; Sexuality; Gender Differences; Whites; Family (Sociological Unit); Student Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Afroamerikaner; Rasse; Abstammung; Rassenunterschied; Sexualität; Geschlechterkonflikt; White; Weißer; Familie; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	Dating rituals include dating--courtship methods that are regularly enacted. This study explores gender and race differences in the relative importance placed on certain symbolic activities previously identified by the dating literature as constituting such rituals. Using information collected from a racially diverse sample of college students (N = 680), it is found that some traditional gender differences persist, but that these are also cross-cut by racial contrasts. Men, overall, place more emphasis on gifting, as well as sexual activity. Gender differences, however, are significantly greater among African Americans as compared with Whites in the sample studied. African American respondents are also significantly more likely than White respondents to associate meeting the family with a more serious dating relationship. The findings highlight the need for greater efforts to uncover and account for racial differences in dating, relationships, and courtship. (Contains 5 tables and 11 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10