The folks over at sparks & honey have completed studies of dating in the future and explored how we will date, have sex and break-up in the next decade by looking at three “macro” trends including: how technology is speeding up how we interact; that unconventional relationships are becoming more accepted; and that kink is going mainstream.
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It’s no secret that the online world is changing how we do everything, especially dating. Technology has completely changed what used to be so simple. Boy used to meet girl, flirt with her, get her house number, call her and patiently wait until they connected with that girl and they would then take it from there. Dating is different. Sex is different. Break-ups are different.
Check out these trends that effect how we will date, have sex and break-up in the next ten years:
Technology Is Speeding Up How We Interact:
Technology advances continue to shape and speed up all aspects of dating, falling in and out of love, communication and sex. People volunteer their date willingly and apps generate that information, pulling from preference settings. Technology has become a distraction from our daily lives and created a new type of love triangle.
These days, technology has turned our culture into a microwave society and we’re too impatient when it comes to anything, especially dating. Well, let me speak for myself. I want things QUICK! If I text a guy and he doesn’t get back to me that day or even within that hour, I think he’s just not that into me and I don’t consider him a potential any longer. And don’t get me started online dating. Forget sites like OkCupid and Match.com, the apps that allow people to meet by simply swiping, proclaiming their interest or non-interest in someone have created instant gratification that is unrealistic in the “real world.”
Unconventional Relationships Are More Accepted:
America is softening on same-sex relationships. As of this year, 15 states have made it legal for gay couples to wed. The media is more accepting of gay culture and it’s becoming more mainstream. So is polyamory. There’s new reality shows popping up everyday that display people involved in multiple consensual relationships. I’m not talking shows like “Big Love” or “Married and Dating,” I am talking about shows like, “The Bachelor” and any of those Vh1 “of Love” shows. That’s not the only old taboo trend turned “normal,” everyday life. Beliefs around marriage are shifting, divorce and multiple marriages aren’t nearly as tongue-in-cheek anymore. The future looks like a hodge podge of blurred lines in dating.
Kink Is Going Mainstream:
From Miley Cyrus’ and Nicki Minaj’s overt sexual behavior to books like “50 Shades of Grey” taking the world by storm, kink is becoming less behind closed doors and more in-your-face. Prime time TV shows explore sexual subcultures in the name of cultural anthropology, while shows like “Masters of Sex” demystify sex. A combination of relaxing moral codes and access to information about everything from fetishes to sexual deviation is providing our world with a new look on sexuality.
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