Performance Sampling in Social Matches

A more conservative listing might have pairings between resident and neighbors, employer and employee, and seller and buyer; and we will occasionally use such language. We believe, however, that it is a mistake to limit the metaphor of choice to individuals, and wish to question our conventional theological and linguistic preferences for such a limitation. Similarly, in using terms like voluntary and to describe behavior, we do not intend to suggest that the behavior is unconstrained, that the relation is without coercion, or that consent is necessarily informed consent. The terms are used as a plain language interpretation of social pairings that are terminated by withdrawal of either party.