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Beth L. Bailey explains the evolution of dating and contrasts it with the previous system of calling. Dating shifted the financial responsibility of courtship from the woman to the man. She argues that the more explicit transactional nature of dating ultimately confers more power on men than the earlier system conferred on either women or men.
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