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Match Releases 10th Annual Singles in America Survey, Revealing How 2020 Has Transformed Dating
71% of Singles Spent Quarantine Without Sex, But One in Four Had Sex With Their Roommate 75% of Singles Want a Partner Who Shares Their Political Beliefs, Up
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[{"type":"text","content":"71% of Singles Spent Quarantine Without Sex, But One in Four Had Sex With Their Roommate\n 75% of Singles Want a Partner Who Shares Their Political Beliefs, Up 25% in Just Three Years\n\n\nDALLAS, Oct. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Match today released initial findings from its 10th annual Singles in America study – the nation's largest and most comprehensive annual scientific study, now studying more than 50,000 singles across the US. This 2020 data on 5,000 singles provides insight into how singles navigated dating during a year of unparalleled political, economic and social change, focusing on how the global pandemic and upcoming election transformed singles' approach to dating, sex, and love.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nNew data shares insight into how singles are dating during a year of unparalleled political, economic and social change.\"We've seen unprecedented changes in dating this year. Prior to 2020, no one expected that singles would consider a date's willingness to wear a mask. Recent cataclysmic events have led singles to want more from dating: a desire for a relationship over casual dating; more meaningful conversations, and more honesty and transparency during a date,\" says Dr. Helen Fisher, biological anthropologist and Chief Scientific Advisor to Match. \"Today's singles want to know who you are, where you're headed financially, and what you expect from a possible partnership. And with the rise of video dating -- a new stage in the courtship process -- singles are saving time, money, and kissing fewer frogs.\"\nA Dating Renaissance \n2020 reinforced a trend that was happening long before the pandemic hit, with more young people waiting to establish committed partnerships in their late twenties or even later. The impact of the pandemic has further extended this process of \"slow love\"-- resulting in singles taking more time in getting to know potential partners, and engaging in more meaningful interactions without the pressures of where to meet, how much money to spend on a first date, or when to be physically intimate. 2020 finds singles making more time for their search, refining what they seek in a partner, and rethinking how and where they will search for love.\nMeaning over Material: Overall, 58% of single app daters1 (both men and women equally) have shifted toward more intentional dating in the wake of the pand...