More than a simple satire on conservative social mores, "Bridegroom" is a metaphysical mystery.
Besides ushering in a new tolerance of outsiders, the bride shortage has changed social mores in other ways.
The Internet has its own style of writing and its own social mores.
The upsurge of divorce in the 1970s was caused by new social mores and legislative changes rather than affluence.
Muslim countries, worried about the way in which the internet undermines conservative social mores on nudity and mingling, are twitchy too.
Films (and studio bosses) are beginning to mirror the new social mores.
However, women in India, a country that prides itself on being a traditional society, still face enormous pressure to conform to social mores.
Mr Evans said the writings of philosophers Martin Heidegger and Ludwig Wittgenstein had inspired him to try to instil computer-created characters with an understanding of social mores.
Reich wanted to apply the revelations of psychoanalysis to reforming sex laws (by, for example, lifting bans on abortion and prostitution) and updating social mores about marriage and children.
After the Hawaii supreme court had legalized gay marriage and upset the traditional definition, Congress in 1996 naturally adopted a uniform rule for federal benefits but allowed the states to debate and adapt to changing social mores.
Other students are turning toward computer science because of a change in social mores: A backlash against Wall Street bailouts means careers in the financial sector may now carry a negative stigma, said Adam Cannon, associate chair for undergraduate education in Columbia's department of computer science.
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