Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2017-11-14T11:47:45Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Graziele Campos da Silva.pdf: 707150 bytes, checksum: ec701d3914a6c7cb058d48aa2056974a (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-11-14T11:47:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Graziele Campos da Silva.pdf: 707150 bytes, checksum: ec701d3914a6c7cb058d48aa2056974a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-10-03 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The polyamorist proposal defends "new" ways to establish relationships, aiming nonhierarchical interactions and mutual cooperation, seeking to guarantee women sexualaffective freedom, assuming that monogamy is a prison and that romantic love must be fought. To distinguish itself from the other modalities of open relationship throughout history and the open relations of contemporaneity, the polyamory puts emphasis on love. Other highlights include freedom, equality, negotiation and communication. The aim of this work is to locate the discourse of romantic love within the polyamorist narrative, based on the analysis of feminist theory, starting from the questioning: Does polyamor practice disrupt romantic love? There are two axes that lead us to consider that it doesn’t: love remains at the center of the project of women’s life and there is no equality in relationships. This is a qualitative research, based on the follow-up of the virtual groups of discussion of Facebook, participant observation in group "Poliafetividade" and the analysis of four in-depth interviews of polyamorist women / A proposta poliamorista defende “novas” formas de se relacionar, visando interações não hierárquicas e de cooperação mútua, buscando garantir à mulher sua liberdade sexual-afetiva, pressupondo que a monogamia é uma prisão e que o amor romântico deve ser combatido. Para se distinguir das outras modalidades de relacionamento aberto ao longo da história e das relações abertas da contemporaneidade, o poliamor põe ênfase no amor. Outros elementos destacados são: liberdade, igualdade, negociação e comunicação. O objetivo deste trabalho é localizar o discurso do amor romântico dentro da narrativa poliamorista, tendo como base de análise a teoria feminista, partindo da premissa de que a prática do poliamor não descontrói o amor romântico. Dois eixos nos levam a essas considerações: o amor permanece no centro do projeto de vida e não há igualdade nas relações. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa, realizada a partir do acompanhamento dos grupos virtuais de discussão do Facebook, da observação participante no grupo “Poliafetividade” e da análise de quatro entrevistas em profundidade com mulheres poliamoristas

The purpose of this thesis is to explore the relationship that love and romance have to young women’s experiences of and decisions to engage in heterosexual intercourse for the first time. Inspired by Sharon Thompson’s (1995) book Going All The Way, I wanted to listen to young women’s stories about love, romance and sex in order to better understand their first sexual experiences. I have interviewed six women based on their age (18-23), on whether their first experiences with sex were both heterosexual and consensual, and on whether their decisions to have ‘sex’ for the first time were influenced by a romantic relationship. I analyse the interview transcripts, contextualizing them within the relevant literature, and explore the ways popular culture and media might have influenced the girls in my study. I am concerned with intercourse because I want to gain a better understanding of young women’s experiences with it and to recognize what love and sex might mean to them. I was surprised to find that, even with third wave feminist ‘empowerment’ discourse and hyper-sexualized media and popular culture, the six women I spoke with felt that sex is about an expression of love and a “deeper connection of intimacy” (Krissy) rather than about empowerment or the fun of ‘doing it’. Even though I required that participants needed to have been influenced by a romantic relationship in their decisions to have intercourse for the first time, it was interesting to see the extent that they valued love in their relationships when love was not part of the criteria required to participate. The findings from this study will be useful to sex educators, including myself, who work with young women as well as to parents who might be able to worry less about their daughters, knowing that some girls are looking for love and commitment when they engage in intercourse, not simply casual sex or hook-ups. / Thesis (Master, Kinesiology & Health Studies) -- Queen's University, 2011-06-15 12:45:08.093

Esta tese de doutorado, que toma como referência central as teorizações desenvolvidas no âmbito dos Estudos de Gênero e dos Estudos Culturais, busca investigar como são representadas as relações amorosas românticas presentes em textos de literatura infantil contemporâneos, editados a partir da década de 90 do século XX até o ano de 2007. Para tal análise foram selecionados dezessete livros, levando em consideração a data de publicação, autores/as e editoras variadas na tentativa de escapar das tradicionais análises dos contos clássicos já tão estudados. Ao considerar que o amor e o casamento estão sendo postos em xeque em nossa sociedade, na medida em que surgem novas configurações familiares, ou mesmo outras possibilidades de se vivenciar o sentimento amoroso, meu problema de pesquisa centra-se em discutir como a literatura infantil vem apresentando esses temas, a saber: como o amor romântico e a materialização deste sentimento, através das relações que se estabelecem a partir dele, têm sido representados nos livros de literatura infantil? De que forma as relações de gênero são veiculadas nessas obras? Como o casamento é visto na vinculação com as relações amorosas? Os resultados apontam que na maior parte das obras literárias infantis o sentimento amoroso ainda aparece associado à idéia de casamento; à mulher fica a responsabilidade da criação dos/as filhos/as; algumas histórias apresentam o amor romântico coligado à dor e à dificuldade de conquista. Também são recorrentes as características de amor à primeira vista e o empoderamento desse sentimento em transformar o outro. Três obras, das dezessete analisadas, ocupam-se em mostrar a preferência pelo estado de solteira e o divórcio como possibilidade de término de uma relação amorosa. / This doctoral thesis, which adopts as its central reference the theories developed in the field of Gender Studies and Cultural Studies seeks to investigate how romantic relationships are represented in contemporary children's literature texts, edited from the 90's decade of the 20th century until the year of 2007. To do this analysis, seventeen books have been selected, taking into account the various dates of publishing, authors and editors in an attempt to escape the traditional analysis of the already so studied classic stories. Considering that love and marriage are being jeopardized in our society, as new family patterns, or even other possibilities on how to experience love emerge, my research problem is focused on discussing how children's literature has been presenting these themes, such as: how does romantic love and the materialization of this feeling, through the relationships that are established based upon it, have been represented in children's literature books? In which way are gender relationships depicted in these books? How is marriage seen in connection with love relationships? The results show that in most of the children's literary pieces the loving feeling still shows in association with the idea of marriage; the woman is responsible for raising the children; some stories present romantic love linked with pain and the difficulty of conquest. The characteristics of love at first sight are also persistent, as is the empowerment of this feeling in order to transform the other person. Three pieces, among the seventeen that were analyzed, show the preference of the single status and the divorce as a possibility to end a romantic relationship.

Esta tese de doutorado, que toma como referência central as teorizações desenvolvidas no âmbito dos Estudos de Gênero e dos Estudos Culturais, busca investigar como são representadas as relações amorosas românticas presentes em textos de literatura infantil contemporâneos, editados a partir da década de 90 do século XX até o ano de 2007. Para tal análise foram selecionados dezessete livros, levando em consideração a data de publicação, autores/as e editoras variadas na tentativa de escapar das tradicionais análises dos contos clássicos já tão estudados. Ao considerar que o amor e o casamento estão sendo postos em xeque em nossa sociedade, na medida em que surgem novas configurações familiares, ou mesmo outras possibilidades de se vivenciar o sentimento amoroso, meu problema de pesquisa centra-se em discutir como a literatura infantil vem apresentando esses temas, a saber: como o amor romântico e a materialização deste sentimento, através das relações que se estabelecem a partir dele, têm sido representados nos livros de literatura infantil? De que forma as relações de gênero são veiculadas nessas obras? Como o casamento é visto na vinculação com as relações amorosas? Os resultados apontam que na maior parte das obras literárias infantis o sentimento amoroso ainda aparece associado à idéia de casamento; à mulher fica a responsabilidade da criação dos/as filhos/as; algumas histórias apresentam o amor romântico coligado à dor e à dificuldade de conquista. Também são recorrentes as características de amor à primeira vista e o empoderamento desse sentimento em transformar o outro. Três obras, das dezessete analisadas, ocupam-se em mostrar a preferência pelo estado de solteira e o divórcio como possibilidade de término de uma relação amorosa. / This doctoral thesis, which adopts as its central reference the theories developed in the field of Gender Studies and Cultural Studies seeks to investigate how romantic relationships are represented in contemporary children's literature texts, edited from the 90's decade of the 20th century until the year of 2007. To do this analysis, seventeen books have been selected, taking into account the various dates of publishing, authors and editors in an attempt to escape the traditional analysis of the already so studied classic stories. Considering that love and marriage are being jeopardized in our society, as new family patterns, or even other possibilities on how to experience love emerge, my research problem is focused on discussing how children's literature has been presenting these themes, such as: how does romantic love and the materialization of this feeling, through the relationships that are established based upon it, have been represented in children's literature books? In which way are gender relationships depicted in these books? How is marriage seen in connection with love relationships? The results show that in most of the children's literary pieces the loving feeling still shows in association with the idea of marriage; the woman is responsible for raising the children; some stories present romantic love linked with pain and the difficulty of conquest. The characteristics of love at first sight are also persistent, as is the empowerment of this feeling in order to transform the other person. Three pieces, among the seventeen that were analyzed, show the preference of the single status and the divorce as a possibility to end a romantic relationship.

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For the Methodology, the sample consisted of 400 young adults of both sexes, with the age group 20 to 29 years old, heterosexual and who are in stable relationships. To the data collection instruments were used: 1) Romantic Beliefs scale; 2) scale of loving satisfaction; 3) related behaviors survey Infidelity; 4) Questionnaire of behaviors associated with vulnerability to HIVAIDS; 5) socio-demographic Questionnaire and additional information about the affective relationship. Questionnaire replies were given in Likert type scale with 10 points and the database has been built from the Statistical Software SPSS for Windows-versão18, with descriptive and bivariate analyses. The Results pointed to sample women as having romantic beliefs, which may be the most influential factor and exposure to vulnerability to HIV, because the majority is on the fickleness of the use of condoms in their sexual relations. Confidence in the partner was a reason stated by most participants as much to the absence in the use of condoms, as well as to the low membership in personal perception of vulnerability to AIDS. However, the behavior of infidelity linked to vulnerability to HIV has shown how unbreakable confidence in partner is mistaken, since the male participants, in greater numbers than women, they claimed they have already betrayed its partners, even if these unofficial relations have not always made use of the condom. The sample was characterized as satisfied lovingly, having men presented as more satisfied than women, or safer this satisfaction, or even lower. Therefore, it was noticeable that many of the recent practices carried out by young adults in common-law are re-signified by organizers of the sense that relate to traditional myths of romantic love, in which trust in partner claims its right to eternity, although the scope for freedom of the contemporary world, which corroborate in unprotected sexual practices. All of these components point to weaknesses in health promotion initiatives and HIVAIDS prevention, resulting in a situation of vulnerability. / Introdução: A partir de meados do século XVIII foi possível assistir a mudanças significativas nas idéias acerca do amor romântico, que começaram a ganhar relevância, colaborando para mudanças seculares e afetando a vida social como um todo. A vida de homens e mulheres foi reorganizada e as crenças e papéis assumidos por cada um na sociedade moderna foram restabelecidos, revelando a emergência de outros eixos interpretativos para a sexualidade e consequentemente, à constituição dos relacionamentos. Nesse sentido, o presente estudo teve como objetivo investigar a dinâmica das relações afetivas de adultos jovens em relacionamento estável, frente às suas crenças, satisfações e comprometimentos à fidelidade, e as possíveis implicações para a vulnerabilidade ao HIV/AIDS. Para a Metodologia, a amostra foi constituída por 400 adultos jovens, de ambos os sexos, com faixa etária de 20 a 29 anos, heterossexuais e que se encontram em relacionamento estável. Para a coleta dos dados foram utilizados os instrumentos: 1) Escala de Crenças Românticas; 2) Escala de satisfação amorosa; 3) Questionário de comportamentos relacionados à Infidelidade; 4) Questionário de comportamentos associados à vulnerabilidade ao HIV/AIDS; 5) Questionário sócio-demográfico e informações complementares acerca do relacionamento afetivo. As respostas ao questionário foram dadas em escala tipo Likert com 10 pontos e o banco de dados foi construído a partir do Software estatístico SPSS for Windows - versão18, com análises descritivas e bivariadas. Os Resultados obtidos apontaram para as mulheres da amostra como possuidoras de crenças românticas, o que pode ser o fator de maior influência e exposição destas à vulnerabilidade ao HIV, pois a maioria encontra-se na inconstância do uso do preservativo em suas relações sexuais. A confiança no parceiro(a) foi um motivo declarado pela maior parte dos participantes tanto para ausência no uso do preservativo, bem como para a baixa associação na percepção pessoal de vulnerabilidade à AIDS. Todavia, o comportamento de infidelidade associado à vulnerabilidade ao HIV veio demonstrar o quanto a confiança inquebrantável no parceiro está equivocada, tendo em vista que os participantes masculinos, em maior número do que as mulheres, alegaram já terem traído suas parceiras, verificando-se ainda que nessas relações extra-oficiais nem sempre fizeram uso do preservativo. A amostra se caracterizou como satisfeita amorosamente, tendo os homens se apresentado como mais satisfeitos do que as mulheres, ou mais seguros desta satisfação, ou até mesmo, menos exigentes. Portanto, foi perceptível que muitas das recentes práticas exercidas pelos adultos jovens em relacionamento estável são ressignificadas por organizadores de sentido que reportam aos mitos tradicionais do amor romântico, em que a confiança no parceiro reivindica o seu direito à eternidade, embora às possibilidades de liberdade do mundo contemporâneo, que corroboram em práticas sexuais desprotegidas. Todos esses componentes apontam para fragilidades nas iniciativas de promoção da saúde e de prevenção ao HIV/AIDS, que resultam em situação de vulnerabilidade.

Esta tese de doutorado, que toma como referência central as teorizações desenvolvidas no âmbito dos Estudos de Gênero e dos Estudos Culturais, busca investigar como são representadas as relações amorosas românticas presentes em textos de literatura infantil contemporâneos, editados a partir da década de 90 do século XX até o ano de 2007. Para tal análise foram selecionados dezessete livros, levando em consideração a data de publicação, autores/as e editoras variadas na tentativa de escapar das tradicionais análises dos contos clássicos já tão estudados. Ao considerar que o amor e o casamento estão sendo postos em xeque em nossa sociedade, na medida em que surgem novas configurações familiares, ou mesmo outras possibilidades de se vivenciar o sentimento amoroso, meu problema de pesquisa centra-se em discutir como a literatura infantil vem apresentando esses temas, a saber: como o amor romântico e a materialização deste sentimento, através das relações que se estabelecem a partir dele, têm sido representados nos livros de literatura infantil? De que forma as relações de gênero são veiculadas nessas obras? Como o casamento é visto na vinculação com as relações amorosas? Os resultados apontam que na maior parte das obras literárias infantis o sentimento amoroso ainda aparece associado à idéia de casamento; à mulher fica a responsabilidade da criação dos/as filhos/as; algumas histórias apresentam o amor romântico coligado à dor e à dificuldade de conquista. Também são recorrentes as características de amor à primeira vista e o empoderamento desse sentimento em transformar o outro. Três obras, das dezessete analisadas, ocupam-se em mostrar a preferência pelo estado de solteira e o divórcio como possibilidade de término de uma relação amorosa. / This doctoral thesis, which adopts as its central reference the theories developed in the field of Gender Studies and Cultural Studies seeks to investigate how romantic relationships are represented in contemporary children's literature texts, edited from the 90's decade of the 20th century until the year of 2007. To do this analysis, seventeen books have been selected, taking into account the various dates of publishing, authors and editors in an attempt to escape the traditional analysis of the already so studied classic stories. Considering that love and marriage are being jeopardized in our society, as new family patterns, or even other possibilities on how to experience love emerge, my research problem is focused on discussing how children's literature has been presenting these themes, such as: how does romantic love and the materialization of this feeling, through the relationships that are established based upon it, have been represented in children's literature books? In which way are gender relationships depicted in these books? How is marriage seen in connection with love relationships? The results show that in most of the children's literary pieces the loving feeling still shows in association with the idea of marriage; the woman is responsible for raising the children; some stories present romantic love linked with pain and the difficulty of conquest. The characteristics of love at first sight are also persistent, as is the empowerment of this feeling in order to transform the other person. Three pieces, among the seventeen that were analyzed, show the preference of the single status and the divorce as a possibility to end a romantic relationship.

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從浪漫愛的概念出發，本研究聚焦於青少女觀賞《暮光之城》系列文本的詮釋歷程，以理解《暮光之城》作為一種文學、影視文本類型，如何藉由吸血鬼愛德華與浪漫愛概念之呈現，促使青少女在與文本互動的過程中，對浪漫愛進行反思與想像。 　　「校園生活環境」是青少女接觸《暮光之城》的主要脈絡，透過對12位「暮光迷」進行深度訪談，研究者觀察到青少女主動「選擇」《暮光之城》文本，藉由文本的「使用」滿足個人心理與情感上的需求，此過程具有兩項意義：一來突顯「閱讀」是一主動行為，在青少女的生活中占有重要地位；二來帶出《暮光之城》具有之「補救性青少年次文化」概念，使青少女在幻想與想像層次彌補了現實中的缺憾。 　　由接觸《暮光之城》到以「暮光迷」自居，展現的是青少女和《暮光之城》文本在一個時間向度上的互動過程：青少女由找尋《暮光之城》與自身生活脈絡、情感相契合處，演變為對《暮光之城》文本進行解讀與詮釋。以「浪漫愛」框架探究青少女作為「暮光迷」的真實樣貌，研究者嘗試描繪當代青少女浪漫愛想像之藍圖，並以之與「現代浪漫愛概念」、「《暮光之城》再現之浪漫愛概念」進行比較，發現其中呈現出的差異，不僅是青少女自主思考性的展現，更是對於現代男性、對於風險社會下的愛情所進行的反思與批判：吸血鬼愛德華保守的性，象徵著女性在幻想層次對男性的道德呼求；在風險社會的時空脈絡下看「永恆愛情」，部分青少女將「找到自己生命中的愛德華」作為一種神話的行動典型，部分青少女則將「永恆愛情」的意義，由永生相守扭轉為「片刻勝永恆」的概念；現代青少女強調自我「主體意識」，要求自我主體性，不希望被戀人當做保護「客體」而是希望在「被愛」的同時更主動「去愛」。 　　每一個時代都擁抱一種他們所需要的吸血鬼，而吸血鬼愛德華的出現，或許正象徵著這個時代的人們對於愛情、對於尋求真愛不可得的焦慮與恐慌。透過「浪漫愛」框架觀看「暮光迷」，可發現她們之所以擁抱「浪漫愛」，之所以擁抱吸血鬼愛德華，背後皆具特殊意義；而青少女對於浪漫愛所進行的想像與反思，足以打破他人對「暮光迷」的刻板印象，具體展現身為「暮光迷」豐富而多層次的樣貌：「暮光迷」不僅是對愛情懷抱憧憬的女孩，更是一群對於現代愛情觀及其背後彰顯之價值具有挑戰、顛覆能力的女孩們。 / Based on the concepts of romantic love, the research focuses on teenage girls’ inner interpretation experiences when they read the Twilight series so that better understand how do the vampire images of Edward Cullen and the concepts of romantic love represented by The Twilight Saga stimulate young girls’ introspection and imagination of romantic love within the process of interactions with texts. “The school life” is the main context for teenage girls to have contact with the Twilight series. In this study, the outcome of in-depth interviews with 12 “Twilighters” shows that teenage girls proactively “choose” and “use” The Twilight Saga to satisfy their mental and emotional demands. It reveals two crucial concepts: on the one hand, as far as teenage girls are concerned, “reading” is a voluntary action that plays an important role in their daily lives. On the other hand, The Twilight Saga symbolizes a “remedial subculture” that allows young girls to redeem their actual imperfection by means of daydream and imagination. From just reading the Twilight series to naming themselves as “Twilighters”, this process indicates a timeline-interaction between teenage girls and The Twilight Saga. To begin with, young girls try to find out if there is overlap amid their life context, emotion demands and the Twilight’s love romance; however, as time gone by, they start to interpret and make comments on the text. Using romantic love as a frame to explore “Twilighters”, this research tries to portray contemporary teenage girls’ imagination of romantic love and then compares it with the concepts of contemporary romantic love and that represented in The Twilight Saga. The differences not only display the independent deliberation of young girls, but also reveal their introspection and criticism on men of nowadays and notions of love in this risky society. On the first place, Vampire Edward Cullen’s conservative notion of sex symbolizes women’s moral appeals to men at the imaginative level. Secondly, judging “eternal love” under the context of risky society, some young girls regard “finding their own Edward” as an action paragon of fantasy, while some of them try to reverse the meaning of eternal love from “happy ever after” to “the precious one is the eternity for a moment”. Last but not least, young girls try to strengthen their demands for subjectivity, so that they would rather be the one who is loved and love others at the same time. Each era embraces one kind of vampire it lacks, and the appearance of Vampire Edward perhaps symbolizes the anxiety of modern people on their way of seeking true love. Through the frame of romantic love to observe the teenage “Twilighters”, the research finds out the reasons that young girls who embrace romantic love or Vampire Edward truly have some special meanings. Their imagination and introspection of romantic love, as well as their abundant images as “Twilighters”, both give them powers to reverse others’ stereotypes on “Twilighters”. “Twilighters” are not only the girls who long for love, but also the ones who have the ability to challenge and overthrow modern concepts of love and the value it manifests.

La présente étude analyse les sites de rencontre en ligne, et plus spécifiquement : l’interprétation que les internautes Chiliens réalisent de ces espaces virtuels ; les interactions qui se produisent à l’intérieur de ces sites web; et, le sens que les utilisateurs nationaux donnent à leurs interactions. Pour apporter des réponses à ces objectifs, il a fallu non seulement recourir à une série de méthodes de récolte et d’analyse d’information, mais aussi replacer les données générées dans une ample discussion théorique sur l’amour et les relations de couple. Ainsi, dans la première partie de cette étude, on s’analyse l’amour à partir de ses principaux mythes et récits. Deuxièmement, nous effectuons un parcours dans la constitution historique et sociologique des relations de couple. Pour finaliser la première partie de cette étude, nous établions les implications épistémologiques, méthodologiques et éthiques de l’investigation sur Internet; et, en même temps, se présente les étapes, procédures et techniques pour la récolte et l’analyse d’information empirique. La deuxième partie de cette étude traite les résultats de l’investigation. Dans cette section est présenté brièvement le contexte national dans lequel émergent les sites de rencontre; ensuite, nous cherchons l’opinion qu’ont les internautes Chiliens sur les sites web de rencontre. Puis, est décrit le début des interactions virtuelles et est démontré comment celles-ci suivent les paramètres similaires à la conquête offline. Postérieurement, est abordé le passage du online au offline. La dernière étape de cette description est le « post rendez-vous». Enfin, sont établies quelques réflexions sur l’utilisation différenciée de ces sites de rencontres que font les femmes et les hommes. Finalement, en conclusion de cette étude un retour est fait sur les problématiques de l’investigation. Est expliqué dans ce passage que les sites de rencontre sont un espace ambiguë pour les Chiliens, source de méfiance et mais aussi de désir et d’espoir de trouver cette personne spéciale, pour établir une relation d’« une nuit» (éphémère) ou d’un « pour toujours». Aussi, est signalé que les interactions numériques qui émergent à partir de sites de rencontre, participent aux tendances sociales, culturelles et économiques propres à l’amour moderne, qui permettent que les personnes conjuguent, non pas sans un certain degré de conflit, raison et émotion dans la recherche de partenaire. Pour terminer, il est affirmé que l’« amour romantique» est un cadre de sens utilisé –particulièrement par les femmes-à l’intérieur des sites de rencontre, et que donc il est possible de affirmer que: l’amour survit à Internet. / This study analyzes the pages of online dating, more specifically, the interpretation that Chilean surfers perform these virtual spaces; interactions that occur within these web portals; and the sense that national users associate with their interactions. To answer these objectives not only a number of methods of collection and analysis of information is used, but in turn, the data generated is inserted in a wide theoretical discussion about love and relationships. Thus, in the first part of this work, the imagery of love is analyzed from its main myths and stories. Subsequently the historical and sociological constitution of relationships is analyzed. Epistemological, methodological and ethical implications of research on the Internet are discussed to end the first part of this study; and, in turn, the present the steps, procedures and techniques for the collection and analysis of empirical data. The second part of this study are the results of research. This section briefly presents the national context in which the pages of encounter emerge ; Of course, the opinion held by Chilean internet websites on matchmaking; then the start of virtual interaction is described and shown as follows this achievement similar to the offline parameters; subsequently, the transition from online to offline; the last stage of this description is the "post-date"; to complete the second part of this work, and as a corollary, some reflections on the differentiated use that men and women dating sites are established. Finally, the conclusions of this study returns to the research questions. Here it is stated that dating sites are an ambiguous space for Chilean source of distrust, along with also being a place of desire and hope of finding that "special" person, or places to establish a one-night stand or a long-term relationship. In turn, it noted that digital interactions that arise from the meeting pages, participate in their own social, cultural and economic trends of modern love, which enables people to combine, not without some degree of conflict, reason and emotion in matchmaking. And finally, it states that "romantic love" is a framework of meaning used by people, especially the women within the meeting pages, and therefore it is possible to note that love survives the Internet. / El presente estudio analiza las páginas de citas online, más específicamente: la interpretación que los internautas chilenos realizan de estos espacios virtuales; las interacciones que ocurren al interior de estos portales webs;y, el sentido que los usuarios nacionales asocian a sus interacciones. Para dar respuesta a estoss objetivosno sólo se recurre a una serie de métodos de recolección y análisis de información, sino que a su vez se insertan los datos generados en una amplia discusión teórica sobre el amor y las relaciones de pareja. La segunda parte de este estudio son los resultados de investigación. En esta sección se presenta brevemente el contexto nacional en el cual surgen las páginas de encuentro; luego, se indagala opinión que tienen los internautas chilenos sobre los sitios websde búsqueda de pareja. Acontinuación, se describe el inicio de las interacciones virtuales y se demuestra cómo ésta sigue parámetros similares a la conquista offline;posteriormente, se aborda el paso de lo onlinea lo offline; la última etapa de esta descripción es la «post-cita».Para finalizar la segunda parte de este trabajo, y a modo de corolario, se establecen algunas reflexiones sobre el uso diferenciado que hacen hombres y mujeres de las páginas de citas. Por último, en las conclusiones de este estudio se vuelve sobre las preguntas de investigación. Aquí se afirma que las páginas de citas son un espacio ambiguo para los chilenos, fuente de desconfianza, son también motivo de deseo y de esperanza de encontrar a esa persona «especial»para establecer una relación de una noche o de una para siempre. A su vez, se señala que las interacciones digitales que surgen a partir de las páginas de encuentro participan de las tendencias sociales, culturales yeconómicas propias del amor moderno, la cual permite que las personas conjuguen, no sin algún grado de conflicto, razón y emoción en la búsqueda de pareja. Por último, se afirma que el «amor romántico» es un marco de sentido utilizado por las personas –Es pecialmente las mujeres – al interior de las páginas de encuentro, y que por tanto, es posible afirmar que: el amor sobrevive a Internet.