Gender and Culture Interview

The Oakland Hotel, Washington D.C

Interviewee: 24 years old, Bachelor of Science in Psychology Graduate.

Interviewer: How have the motivations to be in a relationship or get married changed over time?

Interviewee: Yes, the motivations to be in a relationship or to get married have really changed. This is basically because of the rapid technological changes that the world is facing. Most people have therefore been devoted into doing things associated with the new technology hence forgetting about relationship matters.

Interviewer: Who should pay on the first date? What does paying on the first date mean for the
relationship?

Interviewee: The man is supposed to pay on the first date. Paying on the first date is very symbolic and it could also explain if the man is caring or not. Thus paying is the determinant of the state of the relationship in future.

Interviewer: What is “love” and do you think that men and women perceive love differently? Explain.

Interviewee: Love is a strong feeling towards someone or something that one adores. Men and women perceive love in the same, thus they can be able to love each other and live peacefully with one another.

Interviewer: How do you perceive masculinity and femininity? How does that perception effect how you think about power in a relationship?

Interviewee: According to my point of view, I believe that even if one is masculine and the other one is feminine in a relationship, they must handle their affairs equally without any interference. I believe that in order for a relationship to be good, one submit to the other partner and thus making the relationship to be long lasting.

Interviewer: How has dating changed? Is dating still a thing? What is dating? What constitutes “a
date”?

Interviewee: Dating has really changed, since now people can be to date multiple partners, either virtually or in reality. When dating virtually, the partners do not meet physically but they only do it over the social media. Dating is currently not a thing since most people have multiple partners and thus making it to seem as if it is something more of joke. Dating is the relationship two partners have before marriage. Love and commitment constitutes a date, and if one is not therefore committed to his or her partner, then they cannot be able to date. 

Interviewer: Is it still necessary to fit into a binary of masculine or feminine?

Interviewee: Not it is not necessary since both a man and a woman are equal in a relationship.

Interviewer: What does the commitment of marriage mean today as opposed to a traditional sense? Are they the same?

Interviewee: No. Commitments are not the same. Commitment to of marriage today means being loyal to your partner, as opposed to the traditional sense which meant being loyal and as for women to submit to men.