The Correct answer is C. people use the lights to brighten and mask the dreariness of their lives.
A loaded word is a word that not only informs but also caries some emotion with it, such as condemning, exciting, praising. In the statement above the loaded word is "crushing" - it makes a qualitative statement about the defeat: it was a very definite defeat.
Relationships have evolved in many ways.
When baby boomers were teenagers, or in their early twenty's, sometimes they'd look in the news paper to find dates, and go out for coffee after talking on the phone. It was customary for men to pay, and be a "gentleman" by opening his dates car door, or pulling their chair out for them.
Now, in the age of millennial's and gen-z, dating is <em>very </em>different. Usually men and women will split the check, or take turns paying. They'll meet on dating apps, or online somehow.
Intimacy has also changed, as men and women are allowed to be more of themselves, than follow societal rules.Men can be more open about their emotions, and how they feel, while women are allowed to be more stoic, and more bold than they would've been even ten years ago.
