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Meet market or meat market, is an originally pejorative term referring to two related phenomena: *a location or activity in which people are viewed as commodities and *a business like a nightclub where people typically look for a casual sex partner.〔(''Meat market'', The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed., at Dictionary.com )〕 The term has, in general, evolved to mean a place or activity at which single persons congregate,〔(it Alone'', Newsweek, vol. 92, iss. 10-18 )〕 and has become, for the most part, value neutral or positive.〔(Richard W. Flory and Donald Earl Miller, GenX Religion, 2000, p. 209 )〕〔(Bob Sehlinger, Deke Castleman, and Muriel Stevens, ''The Unofficial Guide to Las Vegas 2010'', 2009, p. 265 )〕 ==Original connotations== The sexual revolution of the 1960s and the internal migration of Americans to big cities meant that singles events in mid and large-size cities quickly replaced local town activities where participants previously knew each other. By the 1970s, singles events had developed a reputation as a "ritual of lies and mistrust", replete with men in search of casual sex, cold and unfriendly women, and frequent misunderstandings.〔(''The Singles Dance: A ritual of lies and mistrust'', Human Behavior, vol. 7, 1978 )〕 Events and bars, lounges, and nightclubs frequented by singles became known as meet/meat markets, or places where attendees rapidly sized up members of the opposite sex with objectifying criteria, such as attractiveness, wealth, and fashion sense, before taking the time to get to know attendees on a deeper level.〔(Mary Jo Deegan, ''American ritual dramas: social rules and cultural meanings'', 1989, p. 36 )〕〔(Caroline Tiger, ''How to Behave Dating And Sex: A Guide to Modern Manners for the Socially Challenged'', 2006, pp. 16, 51 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Meet market」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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