Cyberspace provides an alternative culture to one’s actual romantic setting. It enables participants to explore exciting romantic options without bearing significant costs in terms of resources and efforts and without necessarily violating significant personal commitments. The new romantic culture, in which cyberspace has a prominent role, is both seductive and sustainable. Two major contributions of cyberspace to the romantic realm are facilitating finding a willing romantic partner and creating more types of romantic relationships. Their impact upon the nature of romantic relations is examined. A major impact is making romantic relations more complex, diverse, and flexible and at the same time briefer and more superficial. The normative impact of cyberspace on the romantic culture is discussed, indicating the increasing violations of values and boundaries in our romantic behavior. Today’s abundance of romantic and sexual options facilitates finding love but obstructs keeping it for a long time. However, the need for enduring love does not disappear among young people as well as people in their later life. A combination of offline and online interactions can be very fruitful for cultivating the romantic realm.

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Cyberspace: The Alternative Romantic Culture

  • Aaron Ben-Ze’ev

摘要

Cyberspace provides an alternative culture to one’s actual romantic setting. It enables participants to explore exciting romantic options without bearing significant costs in terms of resources and efforts and without necessarily violating significant personal commitments. The new romantic culture, in which cyberspace has a prominent role, is both seductive and sustainable. Two major contributions of cyberspace to the romantic realm are facilitating finding a willing romantic partner and creating more types of romantic relationships. Their impact upon the nature of romantic relations is examined. A major impact is making romantic relations more complex, diverse, and flexible and at the same time briefer and more superficial. The normative impact of cyberspace on the romantic culture is discussed, indicating the increasing violations of values and boundaries in our romantic behavior. Today’s abundance of romantic and sexual options facilitates finding love but obstructs keeping it for a long time. However, the need for enduring love does not disappear among young people as well as people in their later life. A combination of offline and online interactions can be very fruitful for cultivating the romantic realm.