Word: mate
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Lack of a suitable mate: "I'm going to wait for the right woman, even if I don't marry her, before I have...
MUFFIN Komodo dragon prepares to mate. If her partner doesn't fancy her, he'll have her for lunch...
Does this mean she is destined for a domineering mate with a penchant for elderly Greek maternal types? Or does this mean that she should eat in Annenberg more often? Are we taking this too seriously...
Shall we turn to data match? According to Tally Zingher '99, a council member and one of the coordinators of the project, approximately 800 Harvard undergraduates--nearly an eighth of the total College populace--participated in the computerized search for the ultimate mate. On first inspection, the surprisingly strong level of interest seems to indicate a campus that is looking for a good time in the manifold ways that good times happen, be they technologically driven or otherwise. After all, the idea that 800 Harvard students are interested in going out seems breathtaking--and commendable in and of itself...
...looser" mores born of the sexual revolution, our sexual conservatism is clothed in risque attire. We hide our concerns about the implications of sexuality behind witty posters that seem to extol sex; we subscribe en masse to a big dating game, with the hopes of finding our truly compatible mate. Perhaps that is the irony of our era--we talk the talk of sexual freedom, and then retreat to our computer dating services with a bag full of condoms...