Question

Unlike courtship, dating usually takes place in the market arena, involving personal spending and commercial consumption. Identify the ways commercial consumption changed the dating script in the twentieth century.

Answer 1

Answer: spending power

Explanation:

Twentieth century saw a shift from in courtshipt he woman domains ( 19th century) her family house twere she had more power to a public place ( where the man had more power). Courtship in twentieth century was determined by the man's pocket or spending power commercial consumption (public) was a standard of courtship in 20th century. It was no longer enough for a guy to have money, he had to spend it, and as publicly as possible this helped solidated his status. The increase in consumption was as a result of courtship's moving from the home to the public world.