Tinder’s upside is that it’s fun
“I’ll be at the bar waiting to set up for a show, and all of us will be sitting there on Tinder together,” says Virginia.
But even if the app changed the way we meet, the social conventions that stigmatize women who make the first move may take longer to change.
Klinenberg’s research shows that 80 years ago, people in North American cities overwhelmingly e block. “The new technology gives us the ability to have relationships all around the world, and different kinds of relationships.”
People are marrying later in life, and because women are more educated and self-sufficient, the very nature of why we marry has changed. “People used to seek out what we called the ‘good enough’ marriage, someone who was stable, and reliable and trustworthy, and who would be a good person to have a family with. If you knew their parents and they knew yours, that was a plus. If there was romantic passion, that was great, but it wasn’t always necessary.”
