My best-friend from high school attends a small private university in Southern California called California Lutheran University (CLU), where she is an editor for the school paper. The other day on Facebook she posted a link to an article that a mutual friend had written on their website. After reading the article I was exploring the site and can across this fascinating article on dating. It made me laugh that we are not the only University that publishes articles on dating. However, this one takes an entirely different approach to dating than we do here at BYU. It got me thinking about how culture and location influence the content of our media.
Take a look at the article HERE. (don't worry it's short)
How do you feel about the article? Do you agree? Or do you prefer how our BYU newspaper portrays dating?
Haha, what an interesting article. It reminded my of my adolescent development class where we talked about theories of intimacy. Some say you need to develop intimacy first and then identity, and others say you need to develop your identity first and then intimacy. Sounds like this guy is all about finding your identity before you get into a relationship. I think that's good, but I feel you can learn a lot about yourself by going on dates and learning to be respectful of others. I think "so take advantage of those hormones and the gym" just sounds really selfish and a possible chance to miss out on great learning experiences of caring for others and learning about yourself, especially at the college age.
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