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Singles events are frequently run by organizations focused on building stability in their areas, such as religious organizations and community groups. Some local businesses, sports teams, and cultural establishment also hold singles events. The themes of Singles Events can cover a broad spectrum. These can include, for example, ski trips, Academy Award viewing parties, dinners, holiday parties, art gallery visits, and Valentine's Day mixers. Singles events have been an area of particular growth in singles-related commerce. Singles events have been praised as "ideal settings for meeting people" because attendees are ostensibly present to meet someone and are open to the idea of becoming romantically attached.

The attendees of events have been criticized as "needy folks without a lot to offer". Dating via religious-sponsored events has been criticized for fostering invasion of daters' privacy and undue expectations. Sex ratios of events have been criticized, with many either having too many women or too many men depending on location or targeted race, age, and income groups. As a result, many events often have a policy to even out sex ratios before the event starts. Events, including those organized by religious organizations, have been criticized for frequently being meet/meat markets 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.By the 1970s, 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. The stigma that developed in the 1970s around singles events led some organizations to switch to the euphemism "young professionals events".