The Study Of The Batch-Dating Behavior Of Urban Youth

Along with the development of urban society, the concept and form of urban youth’s marriage have changed; also lead to some problems, a prominent phenomenon is a large number of single people in city. In order to meet the demand of youth marriage, some new forms of mate selection have appeared. In this paper, I will study the blind date which has emerged and became popular in city.This study will takes the "Thousands of Blind Date " in Nanjing as an example, through observation in matchmaking meeting, interview with participants and analysis of the date card to learn the roles of people who participate in blind date and to analyze the standards and strategies of people at the "Thousands of Blind Date ", then discusses the cause of the Blind Date and the problem that may arise.The study finds that the participants including the various people with different backgrounds and career, such as organizer, the one who selects mating information, who decides the results, and who comes here to kill time. The parents are to select information for their children; the young single people are the final determinant, but to some young people, they only have limited rights. By analyzing the standard of spouse selection in matchmaking meeting, I find that parents always focus on social and economic conditions, considering the traditional Chinese Blind Date principle---"equal"; Single ones, except of basic information, think highly of individual character, dedication and sense of responsibility, which is under the principle of" The man is able and the woman is beautiful". The participants take the strategic action based on the types and stock of capital that they own, especially the capital that is quantification, easy to comparison and show, not easy to make false, thus they can take strategic moves to find a good match.The popular of blind date in city is influenced by three factors. Firstly, it’s derived by the "mating difficult" situation among urban youth; secondly the group date has its "comparative advantage", thirdly, the stimulus of numerous leftover women and men, as well as the huge matchmaking economy’s significant impact. Matchmaking is expand the match way of young people in city, the main purpose is to meet the demand of the young people’s marriage, but there are also some problems, such as the bad match effects, the worry of new "arranged marriage", the lack of standardized management and capital source. The Blind Date needs to be further developed and improved to provide better service for urban youth mating.