Hooking up Sound off on the American 'dating game' It works just fine for me – it doesn't need fixing It's the most effective way to weed through the losers until you've found your prince or princess It's an American institution It beats arranged marriages and honor killings for young women who express their own sexuality The problem is we marry later in life than we used to – too much sexual energy during the single years The promiscuity it normalized made it impossible to be critical of "gay" promiscuity and, ultimately, "gay" marriage Why do parents, who would never give their credit card or car keys to their young teens, allow them to be put at risk like this? Group dating with the right crowd is a good alternative Dating is designed to discover, test and overcome sexual limits – it's a poor way to find someone of substance I like the courtship idea -- it provides the protection and wisdom of the family Parents need to be shaping their children's expectations about a mate from their earliest years Other View Results Loading ...