From Our Archives: Valentine’s Day

Consumption:

The Sweet Smell of Environmental Degradation
Measuring Love with $$$
Love for Sale with Dogboy and Mr. Dan

Heteronormativity

Have a Very Straight Valentine’s Day

Cross-Cultures

Valentine’s Day in Japan

Gender

The Feminization of Love
Violent Metaphors in Vintage Valentine’s Day Cards (pictured)
Do Men Want Flowers?
The Heterosexual Gift Giving Imperative
Men are Loved and Women are Property
The Sexes are “Opposite”
Steak and a BlowJob Day (for men)

Race/Ethnicity

Vintage Valentine’s Day Cards Punning on American Indians
More Vintage Cards with Racial Caricatures

Lisa Wade, PhD is an Associate Professor at Tulane University. She is the author of American Hookup, a book about college sexual culture; a textbook about gender; and a forthcoming introductory text: Terrible Magnificent Sociology. You can follow her on Twitter and Instagram.

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Rita — February 14, 2012

Here's an article from Boston Magazine that might be interesting to some Society Pages readers (and is relevant to Valentine's Day, of course). It is about people who are single...and want it that way!
http://www.bostonmagazine.com/articles/single_by_choice_why_more_of_us_than_ever_before_are_happy_to_never_get_married/