Why Should Women Play Hard To Get?

This week, we question why the ‘thrill of the chase’ is so central to romance, and who is harmed by this courtship norm.

Edited by: Neha Shekhawat
Presented by: Anahita Sachdev
Research: Quoyina Ghosh, Satviki Sanjay
Produced by: Shrishti Malhotra
Creative Supervisor: Karla Bookman


Want to learn more about the research in this video? Check out these readings:

-Bose, Manilal. Social and cultural history of ancient India. Concept Publishing Company, 1998.

-Giles, Judy. "‘Playing Hard to Get’: working‐class women, sexuality and respectability in Britain, 1918‐40." Women's History Review 1, no. 2 (1992): 239-255.

-Osman, Suzanne L., and Clive M. Davis. "Belief in token resistance and type of resistance as predictors of men's perceptions of date rape." Journal of Sex Education and Therapy 24, no. 3 (1999): 189-196.


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