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This paper examines how personal ads reflect gender, sexuality and society. The thesis of the paper is that people will go out of their way to "sell" themselves in these ads, and therefore, they are not a true representation. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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and bear children. As humans obtained more intelligence, matches were made between children. And, as humans gained more freedom from parents, they decided their own fate by picking out their
mates, either via bars or some other social institution. The one institution we will examine is the "personal ad." Low costs
in newspapers and availability on the Internet means that almost any one can describe him or herself to perfection in order to lure a potential date, then mate. This obviously
goes a little too far at times, especially when it comes to chat rooms that prey on younger children. But that is not the issue of this paper. This paper
will examine how personal ads are structured to present the placer of the ad in the best possible light in order to attract a mate, and what this says about
society of today. It first might be beneficial to examine the history of the personal ad. Mail order brides have been common
since the 18th century, and while Daniel Harris examines the history of personal ads from a gay perspective, some of his observations hold truth for straight couples as well. Harris
notes that the tradition of cruising for "pen pals" through contact ads, as he calls them, got its popularity because the ". . . U.S. Postal Service offered a relatively
safe method of communication for closeted homosexuals unwilling to take the professional gamble of being hauled out of bars and tossed into paddy wagons (Harris, 2001, p. 284). While straight
couples never had that problem, there was the problem - and danger - of going into bars to find that "perfect someone," a danger that was adequately outlined in the
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