Statement: Boys Should Always Pay for the Meals on a Date

Statement: Boys should always pay for the meals on a date

Affirmative (pros):

1. First reason: It's hard to change whole society's culture value. (Source1)(Source2) (Source3)

2. Second reason: It's a way for male to show their love and for female to know that they're loved by their lovers. (Source5)(Source6)

Negative (cons):

1. First reason: Lovers should share burden with each other according to gender equality. (Source7) (Source8) (Source9)

2. Second reason: economic affects status女性經濟獨立→有地位

Reference:

1. 黃淑玲、游美惠(2007)。性別向度與台灣社會。台北市：巨流。

2. Hofstede, G., Arrindell, W.A. & Best, D.L. et al. (1998). Masculinity and femininity: The taboo dimension of national cultures. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

3. Cultural Value Project (2013, April). Arts and Humanities Research Council. Printed on November 1, 2013. [Available on-line form http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/Funded-Research/Funded-themes-and-programmes/Cultural-Value-Project/Pages/default.aspx]

1.蘇榮化(1993, January)。約會行動。台北市：宇河文庫。

2.赤雨健美著(1998, November 30)。はじあての恋愛(譯名:讓他為妳傾心)。(唐瓊瑜 譯)。台中市：晨星出版社。

3.Victorya Michaels Rogers.( 2007, October 16) The Automatic 2nd Date. Howard Books. [Available on-line from: http://books.google.com.tw/books?id=0wGUwwC7anEC&pg=PR18&dq=boy+pay+for+a+date&hl=zh-TW&sa=X&ei=NzJdUqzKBMrGkgXln4HQDA&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=meal&f=false .

4.Charlotte Perkins Gilman.(2007) Women and Economics. Small, Maynard & Co. [Available on-line from: http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/gilman/economics/economics.html

5.Micheal Kimmel,(2003)The Gendered Society,(fourth edition).Stony Brook,New York

6.Julia.T.Wood,(2011)Gendered Lives Communication,Gender,and Culture,(ninth edition).Chapel Hill,North Carolina

7.Natasha Burton. Romantic... Or Sexist?. [Available on-line from: http://glo.msn.com/relationships/do-these-traditions-prevent-gender-equality-7318.gallery#!stackState=0__%2Frelationships%2Fdo-these-traditions-prevent-gender-equality-7318.gallery

8.Nora Bass. ( 2012, September 11) New...