Sunday, September 30, 2007

Love

In the cross-comparison of different cultures across space and time, it has become very clear that love is actually a social construction. Maybe one can argue the notion of parental "love" (maybe), but love as in falling/being in love is a constructed framework to understand a specific relationship with another person.

I am not trying to undermine the intensity or depth of people in "love"--I am just saying that I do not think love is inherent in the human experience. It's an invention (a great one), not a discovery.

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