The 1970s is really the decade when dating as we know it started to appear and progress. Men were the ones to ask a girl out for a date, men were the ones to pay, to provide the car, to walk her home. Men asked their women to marry them and many women chose to take care of the houses after the marriage.

When was courting popular?

This form of dating was usually conducted in public places, before pre-marital sex became more socially acceptable after the sexual revolution in the 1960s.