In the dating apps on our smartphones, the rules are according to the app makers on how people can meet, connect or talk to each other.

Youngsters are now wary of a life-long relationship and consider it as an option.

As observed in modern heterosexual relationships, the reasons to sacrifice and commit have largely faded for men.

• In the modern dating scene, men and women share different power equations than the early generations.
• Basic demand and supply are the same as before, with men being the demand, and women the supply.
• Women manage men's access to them, with men producing support, commitment, an...

Mark Regnerus provides some insights into the modern dating scene: