Before revision: A meet market (or meat market) is a location or activity in which people are viewed as commodities, or 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 is also used metaphorically, for example, to refer to the process of deciding which man to "buy" for a husband,Janice Lieberman and Bonnie Teller, How to Shop for a Husband: A Consumer Guide to Getting a Great Buy on a Guy, 2009, p. 82 or for finding a man to date at the grocery market.Joy Browne, Dating for Dummies, 2nd ed., 2005, p. 76 The term has, in general, evolved to mean a place or activity at which single people congregate,Going it Alone, Newsweek, vol.
After revision: A meet market (or meat market) is a location or activity in which people are viewed as commodities, or 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 is also used metaphorically, for example, to refer to the process of deciding which man to "buy" for a husband,Janice Lieberman and Bonnie Teller, How to Shop for a Husband: A Consumer Guide to Getting a Great Buy on a Guy, 2009, p. 82 or for finding a man to date at the grocery market.Joy Browne, Dating for Dummies, 2nd ed., 2005, p. 76 In general, the term has evolved to mean a place or activity at which single people congregate,Going it Alone, Newsweek, vol.