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Title page
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FOREWORD
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
FLIRTING WITH BIG IDEAS
PART I: GETTING STARTED
CHAPTER 1: THE PHILOSOPHY OF FLIRTING
CHAPTER 2: GOOD GIRLS DON’T, BUT BOYS DON’T EITHER
Flirting and Courtship
Conservative Ideology
Power Dynamics and Relationships
Exploring the Views of Conservative Men
Timing and Reciprocity
Themes of Contradiction
Conclusion
CHAPTER 3: LOVE FOR SALE
Why Do We Date? A Brief History of Dating
Calculated Relationship Initiation and Maintenance
All “Perfect” Dating Relationships Stumble, but Not in the Same Way
Dating as a Particular Genre of Friendship
Against Unconditional Love
Conclusion
CHAPTER 4: THE DATING ELEVATOR
What Dating Is
The Elevator Image
Strategies
Elevator Ethics
Concluding Remarks
PART II: NO-NO’S: Dating Taboos
CHAPTER 5: “CRAZY IN LOVE”
The “Symptoms” of Love
What is Love?
The Biology of Romantic Love
Rejection in Love
Conclusion
CHAPTER 6: I’M DATING MY SISTER, AND OTHER TABOOS
Mere Social Conventions
Pseudo-Pathologies
Pathologies and Decisions
Pathology and Utility
CHAPTER 7: JUST PUSHY ENOUGH
The Difference Between Appropriate and Inappropriate Boundary Violations
Why Does Prospective Action Work?
Rules on Prospective Boundary Violation
Conclusions
CHAPTER 8: BUY MY LOVE
PART III: ROLLING RIGHT ALONG
CHAPTER 9: AGAINST MATCHMAKING
Happy Dating
The End of Matchmaking
Dating Lessons from the Animal Kingdom
For Friends or Family Members
CHAPTER 10: HITTING THE BARS WITH ARISTOTLE
Of Jerks and “Nice” Guys
Gurus of The Game
Aristotle: My Wingman
After The Game
CHAPTER 11: I’VE NEVER BEEN ON A DATE (YET SOMEHOW I GOT MARRIED!)
Mind Games
Is It or Isn’t It?
It Takes Two
The Talk
The Friend Zone
Do You Like Me? Check Box, Yes or No
CHAPTER 12: MORALITY, SPONTANEITY, AND THE ART OF GETTING (TRULY) LUCKY ON THE FIRST DATE
The Kantian Gate
Dating as Flow and Cultivated Spontaneity
PART IV: ANOTHER WORLD
CHAPTER 13: DATING AND PLAY IN VIRTUAL WORLDS
“Is this man cheating on his wife?”
“Just a game”
Play and Dating
A Ludic Understanding of Dating
The Wizards of Dating and Their Hangers-on
The Moral Significance of a Ludic Conception of Dating
CHAPTER 14: HOW TO BE YOURSELF IN AN ONLINE WORLD
“Meeting” on the Internet
From Virtual to Real World Meeting
Dating, Objectification, and Self-Definition
Dating and Authenticity
PART V: FROM DATE TO MATE
CHAPTER 15: EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY AND SEDUCTION STRATEGIES
Sexual Selection, Women’s Preferences,and Mating Intelligence
The Seduction Community: Human Excellence and Empowering Social Art in a Post-Scarcity Era
Is It Wrong to Try to Raise Your Mating Intelligence?
Is Raising Your Mate Value a Good Thing?
A Deflationist Solution to the Problem
Conclusion: What About Women?
CHAPTER 16: MATING, DATING, AND MATHEMATICS
A Lover’s Question
The Game of Love
Where Did Our Love Go?
Love is Strange
CHAPTER 17: WHY LESS MAY BE MORE
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
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