cultural evolution

Modern Intimate Practices in Online Dating Apps

Victor Karandashev
 

According to previous research on online dating app practices, there are two groups of users. Some are seeking casual sex, while others are seeking a committed relationship, as an imposed normative framework suggests. Intimate Relationships in Online-Mediated Cultures Sociologists have long discussed […]

What Happened After the Golden Age of Marriage?

Victor Karandashev
 

Social scientists coined the term “golden age of marriage,“ referring to the period in the middle of the 20th century. In the 1950s and 1960s, the cultural ideology of “love marriage” and a number of marriages became popular and prevalent in many […]

The Golden Age of Love Marriage in Western Societies

Victor Karandashev
 

Love marriage appears to be a valuable cultural value in many countries throughout Europe, North America, Australia, and New Zealand, as well as many other modernized societies around the world. However, it was not always true in history. In the 20th century, […]