Conclusion: Uncertain Times for Flirting

In the current political moment of uncertainty, this chapter concludes the book by thinking particularly about time in regard to flirting as a critical concept. It positions flirting within a political and legislative framework, considers trajectories of success and failure, and the uncertain time that flirting constitutes. The contingency of this historical and political point in time is addressed in the context of the media and cultural framings discussed in this book, and the ways these provide both normative and potentially transformative pedagogies for intimacy as a negotiated form of interpersonal relationality.