Nebraska Anthropologist Anthropology‚ Department of 1-1-2005 Romantic Love and Marriage: An Analysis of the Concept and Functionality of Romantic Love as a Marital Stabilizing Agent Emily Sorrell Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nebanthro Part of the Anthropology Commons Sorrell‚ Emily‚ "Romantic Love and Marriage: An Analysis of the Concept and Functionality of Romantic Love as a Marital Stabilizing Agent" (2005). Nebraska Anthropologist. Paper
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Romantic love is a poor basis for marriage. Many songs had been written about romantic love‚ and a lot of books had been devoted to this topic. Up to now this is still a favorite theme for many movies and publications. But what is this in the real life‚ and how does romantic love affect a relationship between man and woman‚ and especially in marriage? What Romantic Love and True Love really are? Let’s look on this more carefully and try to answer on these questions. It’s difficult
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Romantic love is a poor basis for marriage The concept of love for most people is considered an emotion‚ a mental state that arises spontaneously rather than through conscience effort‚ to others love can be considered a choice‚ a conscience effort. For me personally‚ I believe love is an emotion that individuals choose to act on or ignore. I would understand that people would argue it is not really love if you are choosing to “be with” someone. The topic itself would imply there are different types
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Introduction The decline of marriage in the West has been extensively researched over the last three decades (Carmichael and Whittaker; de Vaus; Coontz; Beck-Gernshein). Indeed‚ it was fears that the institution would be further eroded by the legalisation of same sex unions internationally that provided the impetus for the Australian government to amend the Marriage Act (1961). These amendments in 2004 sought to strengthen marriage by explicitly defining‚ for the first time‚ marriage as a legal partnership
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Love is Blinding It felt as if she were standing in a timeless dream. In Paris‚ she waited for the not so stranger at a candlelit table by a crescent moon. The view from the Eiffel tower was amazing as she gazed off; she was so close she could almost touch it. All of a sudden‚ a familiar figure stepped out from the shadows and startled her. It was who she had been waiting for all along. As he made his way toward her‚ he took her hands into his. Out of the stillness‚ soft words were spoken
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and a woman. Different roots of a marriage also differ from distinct point of views. Yet‚ romantic love remains the most reasonable or obvious reason of all for such commitment. Still‚ some would argue that romantic love is transient and not a virtuous bias for marriage while others seek the aspect of love as the only true motive for marriage. This essay will develop on factors that are both in favour and against romantic love being a poor foundation for marriage. Aspects such as religion and similar
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caring way and he couldn ’t even speak. He just stares at her with a blank look. He has analyzed all of her properties and likes his infatuation of her. In Nozick ’s Chapter "Love Bond" he describes what romantic love is and what it is not. I thought this would be a good movie to relate it to because it ’s a romantic love story‚ about a guy that has a serious infatuation of creating a we with Caroline‚ who is played by Marissa Tomei. Christian Slater plays the guy Adam. For the remainder of this
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ROMANTIC LOVE PARAGRAPH Is “love at first sight” possible? You see someone attractive across the room and that feeling of love rushes into your head‚ but is it really love? I believe that there is no such thing as “love at first sight”‚ you feel physically attracted but not mentally connected. How can you truly be in love with someone that you have just met? In loving a person you have to know about them‚ have a mental connection and bond. If you just look at someone you are attracted to him
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Romantic Love Misty Lynch English 106 September 17‚ 2012 Daphane Matthews Romantic Love During the early modern period of literature the shift of content changed dramatically from earlier time periods. It was no longer about society and countries as a whole‚ but the shift was greatly transformed into the individual. The idea of individualism is displayed through literary masterpieces in different ways‚ romanticism‚ as well as political philosophies and different individual perspectives. In
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Romance in marriage often fades after couples’ struggling to survive in life. What’s left to connect their relationships are just mutual respects and responsibility. Therefore‚ romantic love is a poor basis to start a marriage because romance is just a contemporary mutual affection of love on each other. Financial stability and shared moral beliefs are two important factors lead to a successful marriage. First‚ for most people love is considered an emotion‚ a mental state that arises spontaneously
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