Mate Selection Essay

Mate selection and marriage practices in Britain

Mate Selection

British dating, on the most part, is less formal than in America. While there are specific rules of etiquette on the American dating scene, British dating is a more laid-back affair. This laid-back attitude can take some of the pressure out of dating and it can also take a lot of the certainty out of it as those involved may not know where they stand initially. Meeting people in

Britain follows the same pattern as that seen almost anywhere else. People may be introduced through friends or family or may meet through work. Pubs are extremely common places to meet people in Britain. British people might "hook-up" in a pub and continue a relationship from there. While it’s common in other places with a more formal dating scene to see more than one person in the initial stages of dating, this is less well-received in Britain. Monogamy is usually expected even in fledgling relationships, and dating several people at once is usually frowned upon. There is also no "three-date" rule for sexual encounters or three-month trial period to see where the relationship is going, as is seen in the United States.

Official dates are less common in the U.K. than they are in America. While anything more than light drinking during a date is not encouraged in the United States, a date in the

Britain might involve a trip to the pub and getting tipsy together. Attitudes toward alcohol are generally more relaxed in the U.K. Other dates are typically a visit to the cinema or to a restaurant or anything else the couple might enjoy. Making the first move is difficult for both genders in Britain. Aggressively pursuing a date is often seen as desperate and off-putting and gi... ... middle of paper ...

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Kettell “ Legislation to allow same-sex marriage in England and Wales was passed by the

Parliament of the United Kingdom in July 2013 and came into force on 13 March 2014, and the first same-sex marriages took place on 29 March 2014.The Northern Ireland Executive has stated that it does not intend to introduce legislation allowing for same-sex marriage in Northern

Ireland, but same-sex marriages from other jurisdictions are treated as civil partnerships.” There is a lot of religious opposition to same sex marriages in Britain, amongst these is the Free

Presbyterian Church of Scotland, which claims that same-sex marriage is ‘subversive of

Christian morality’ and ‘forbidden by the law of God’ which ‘specifically condemns homosexuality’. Other organization’s like these all feel that legalization to same sex marriages are not wanted or needed.