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SMS vs. The Language of Love
Are we texting our way out of potential relationships?
by Christine B. Whelan

The phone call is dead, say tech-savvy social commentators. With the increasing popularity of text messaging, who needs to actually talk to someone anymore? While text messaging may be an immediate and direct form of communication, good for flirty messages and quick hellos, I'm wondering if those instant, impersonal communiqués are hurting our dating lives and hindering our relationship formation. Let's be clear: I send and receive text messages. In fact, just as I typed that last sentence, a text pinged in from my husband to let me ...
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August 30th, 2010
SMS vs. The Language of Love
Are we texting our way out of potential relationships?
The phone call is dead, say tech-savvy social commentators. With the increasing popularity of text messaging, who needs to actually talk to someone ...
August 16th, 2010
Whose Role Is It?
Hispanic-American singles discuss shifting gender roles
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August 2nd, 2010
How Not to Marry the Wrong Guy (or Girl)
How to listen to the voice inside that’s telling you not to go down the aisle
Within three months of dating a guy, I could always tell why the relationship should end. But most of the time, I’d keep dating him ...
July 22nd, 2010
Insight into Inception
Busted Halo's interns discuss the new mind-bending film
This weekend's smash hit Inception is the latest in a string of strong, mind-bending mediations on the nature of reality in the vein of The Matrix, Dark City and Memento. The film focuses on Dom ...
July 18th, 2010
Breaking the Unwritten Latina Rules
The perils of being single, Latina and over 30
Nathalia Ortiza and her friend Lisa Fernandez discuss the perils ...
June 27th, 2010
Is There a Masculinity Crisis in the Church?
A discussion with the co-founder of The King's Men
In the July/August issue of The Atlantic, Hanna Rosin asks if "The End of Men" is upon us. She argues women — with ...
June 14th, 2010
Virtue/Vice
Our Pure Sex, Pure Love columnist on her new blog
Vice and sin are sexy. Character and virtue... not so much. But where's the line between them? What exactly is a virtue? Can it be taught? Are ...
June 4th, 2010
Thinking Out Loud: Sex and the City 2 — video 2
Dr. Christine Whelan and Nathalia Ortiz discuss SATC's success
When Sex and the City 2 arrived in theaters last Friday, women across the country were eagerly anticipating its release ...
June 1st, 2010
Is Getting Married Later in Life a Problem?
Some social scientists argue that it is
Today, the median age of marriage is 26 for women and 28 for men. Is that too old? An increasingly vocal group of social commentators are ...
May 17th, 2010
Conflict Over Hook-Up Culture
What exactly is it? What is the perception of the frequency? What is the reality?
What is a hook up? As a not-that-old, not-that-out-of-touch college professor who teaches classes on the sociology of marriage, family and gender, this is one of ...
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