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How do sociologists define romantic love?
the intense feelings, emotions, and thoughts coupled with sexual passion and erotic expression that a person directs towards another
Explain the social constructionist view of love.
Love can only be understood as symbolic or as a social construction that by itself has no intrinsic meaning
How does romantic love develop in contemporary society?
Girl meets boy; they interact; they discover that they have common interests, values, and backgrounds; they find that they like each other; they begin to date; they are physically attracted to each other
Describe the history of love in Western society.
-Love in Greece
-Love in Rome
-Institutionalization of love in marriage
How did plato (greece) define love?
the highest expression of human virtue because of its ability to inspire people to be kind, honorable, and wise.
Describe the type of marriage in ancient greece. What were the primary role of Men? Primary role of women?
-Arrange marriages
-Men: to reproduce a line of male heirs
-Women: to bear and care for children
Why were considered unfit for agape in greece?
ancient Greeks believed high status made people attractive, and given that the emphasis of love was on mind and heart, women were considered unattractive
How do roman women differ from greek women?
Upper-class Roman women were more educated and worldly and more socially and intellectually equal to Roman men than were their counterparts in Greek society
Describe the early Christian idea of love.
one of a nonsexual, nonerotic relationship, and the ideal person was expected to deny all desires of the flesh to attain holiness
What is courtly love?
-Male chivalery and idealization of women
flirtatious and romantic overtones that marked the beginning of chivalry
Identify social factors that contributed to the institutionalization of love in marriage.
-Development of the market economy & spread of capitalism
-sexual revolution of the 1920s
How and why is love so important in U.S. society?
-important in terms of our physical/emotional health & well-being
-how we feel emotionally affects our health and being in love can create a natural emotional high
How do people express love?
-caring
-responsibility
-respect
-knowledge
Identify and describe John Alan Lee’s six styles of loving.
-Eros: love at first sight
-Ludus: playful, nonpossesive love
-Storge: companionship
-Mania (eros & ludus): obsessive and possessive love
-Pragma (ludus & storge): practical
-Agape (eros & storge): selfless and giving
Describe Ira Reiss’ wheel theory of love.
love involves four major interpersonal processes: rapport, self-revelation, mutual dependence, and need fulfillment
Describe Robert J. Sternberg’s triangular theory of love.
Love is composed of three interlocking components in a triangle-like relationship: intimacy, passion, and commitments with different loving relationships having different combinations of these elements
In what ways do men and women experience love differently?
-More romantic
-Give greater importance to the desire to fall in love
-Tend to describe their love in slightly more passionate terms
What is meant by the term feminization of love?
men’s love behavior is measured with a feminine ruler.
What is problematic with the feminization of love?
it contributes to male dominance of women because it leads women to focus on interpersonal relationships while encouraging men to achieve independence from women and to specialize in the occupational activities that are more highly regarded in this society
What does Cancian recommend?
-love should be androgynous,
-it should include a wide range of attitudes and behaviors with no gender role differentiation
In what ways are gay and lesbian romantic relationships similar to heterosexual relationships?
both are similar in their want to love and beloved, want to be emotionally close, expect fidelity in the relationship, and expect the relationship to be long term
how are gay and lesbian relationships different to heterosexual relationships?
-often feel compelled to hide their feelings of love because many people disapprove of such relationships
Differentiate between jealousy and envy.
Envy involves feelings of inferiority, wanting what someone else has, rather than the fear of losing someone
How do men and women experience jealousy differently?
-Felt more intensely in women
-Causes women greater suffering and distress
-Men repair their self-esteem; women try to repair the relationship
-Women: inadequate to jealousy; Men: jealousy to inadequate
-Men are more likely to express it in the form of violence
-Women test the relationship