How do perceptions of love vary across time, culture and gender?
How do perceptions of love vary across time, culture and gender?
Time and Culture: People in Western cultures assume for example that love is a precondition for marriage. People's ideas about love seem to be fairly consistent across cultures, Most cultures (89%) do have a concept of romantic love. However in some cultures, notably those practising arranged marriages, love tends to follow rather than precede marriage.
Gender: Although most people would assume it is women who fall in love more easily, studies have shown that it's actually men who tend to fall more readily in love. Men also seem to fall out of love more slowly and are less likely than women to break up a premarital romance. However women who are in love are more typically emotionally involved as their partners, or more so.
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