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Buy My Love: On Sex Workers, Gold Diggers, and "Rules Girls"

  • Kyla Reid
  • , Tinashe Dune

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Abstract

In their wildly successful dating guide, Ellen Fein and Sherrie Schneider make their readers a promise: "Follow 'The Rules', and he will not just marry you, but feel crazy about you, forever! What we are promising you is 'happily ever after'. A marriage truly made in heaven." As a 1996 'New York Times' Bestseller, 'The Rules: Time-Tested Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right' spawned multiple sequels, including 'The Rules II: More Rules to Live and Love By' (1998), 'The Rules for Marriage: Time-Tested Secrets for Making Your Marriage Work' (2002), and 'The Rules for Online Dating: Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right in Cyberspace' (2002). Referred to as "the original dating bible" by 'American Woman' magazine, these dating guides created a movement of followers called "Rules Girls," who believe that Fein and Schneider will lead them down the aisle into marital bliss.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDating - Philosophy for Everyone: Flirting with Big Ideas
EditorsKristie Miller, Marlene Clark
Place of PublicationChichester, United Kingdom
PublisherBlackwell Publishing Ltd
Pages101-113
Edition1
ISBN (Print)9781444330229
Publication statusPublished - 2010

Publication series

NamePhilosophy for Everyone

Keywords

  • Culture, Gender, Sexuality
  • Sociology

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