This blog entry by Jacquelyn SalazarThe story: "Professionals pay matchmakers to be 'headhunters for the heart'"
The analysis:
- Matchmakers have become a growing trend in the United States and our pop culture. Many web sites like Match.com, E-Harmony and Matchmaker.com have been established. In addition there have been many television shows that have the same premise for example there is The Millionaire Matchmaker and The Bachelor and confessions of a Matchmaker. All of these show have one goal in common and that is to find someone a perfect mate. I picked this article because I have seen some of these TV shows and web sites and it amazes me that we are become a culture that wants to cut out "dating" and just find our mate. I thought dating was supposed to be the fun part, which is where you can meet new people.
This article goes in to detail on how people are hiring these matchmakers to find them a mate, this is a growing industry and it explains that there are many people just calling themselves matchmakers to make money. Another issue the article addresses is the types of people matchmakers take as clients. They take mostly only men as clients to find a match. As state by Janis Spindel "The women were very needy, very high- maintenance, and they seemed to nag," (Sharon Jayson, USA TODAY)
I do not know how are society has changed to have this mind set, that a strange person is going to find that "perfect" someone for a person. I understand that the divorce in the United States is very high its actually "50% of all marriages get a divorce"(Divorce Rates.com) but it does not mean that the person this matchmaker matches you with is going to the "perfect one".
I did not like the fact that some of these personalized matchmakers do not take women as clients. I do not understand why, women need to find their match too. I do not believe that all women are "very needy, very high- maintenance, and they seemed to nag," (Janis Spindel, USA TODAY) but I I'm kind of partial cause I am a female.
Over all I think matchmaker televisions shows are a great source of entertainment, but I do not think that our society should relay on them for finding that perfect match. I believe that people need to date to find out what they really want in a mate, because only a person know what they really want, not some matchmaker who interviews a person.
1 comment:
I am so surprised that the matchmarker becomes the growing trend in the United States. In fact, it was quite popular in the traditional Chinese society. My uncle and aunt also met through matchmaker. Yet, it is less common in Hong kong now. Indeed, people believe that men and women need matchmarkers because they are unattractive that they can't find any partner.
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