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en-wikipedia-org-1805		Singles event - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	1268	194	63	A singles event is an activity or program made available specifically to the romantically unattached, often with the underlying or explicit purpose of fostering dating or relationships among attendees. A singles event with a cocktail party-type atmosphere is also sometimes referred to as a mixer.[1][2][3] The themes of singles events can cover a broad spectrum.[8] These can include, for example, ski trips, Academy Award viewing parties, dinners, holiday parties, art gallery visits, and Valentine's Day mixers.[8] Singles events, including those organized by religious organizations, have been criticized for frequently being meet/meat markets[13][14]—places where attendees are rapidly sizing 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.[15] 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.[16][17] Naming and 'Young Professionals' events[edit] Romantic relationship events 	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-1805.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-1805.txt