Gavra-
“If the “admission ticket” to the dating arena means you need to be employable, you can be sure the boys will figure out a way to get in the game.
Gedolim will ban it, Bais Yaakovs will refuse to implement. Sems will teach the exact opposite (they already do). You may as well ask the Yeshivish to become MO.”
This isn’t an MO vs Yeshivish issue – this is an issue of practicality. There should be no “admission ticket” – again, an admission ticket connotes something systemic and, these days, marriage and dating (courtship) need to be moving away from the old systemic method to a more organic one, with the players that REALLY matter (the two daters) mentally and emotionally engaged in the process. People looking to get married need to ultimately decide on their OWN what is important to them and what is not, what they want out of life and what they don’t, who they can live with and who they can’t.