Friendships, romantic relationships, infidelity, marriage, lust, and love: all these things are founded on the deeper need of survival of the species. ... Sexologist John Money draws the line between love and lust: "Love exists above the belt, lust below. Love is lyrical. ... Then there's romantic love, which is more associated with the crazy, obsessive feeling, all thoughts are bent on the object of the infatuation. ... Thus more often than not romantic love turns into compassionate love due to the oxytocin and vasopressin amassing in the lovers' brains. ...

• Word Count: 1621
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Most of the time, those that were betrothed to each other were not in love. The whole process started more as a business deal between families and that love came later after the couple was married. He further stated that same-sex unions that occurred during those times between two males was out of love for each other, rather than a business like contract of a heterosexual union. While I do agree that there was a mutual affection, I have to disagree that it was a romantic love. ...

• Word Count: 569
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In life, Homer could not be controlled to the degree required to satisfy Emily's psychological need for love from a man. In all probability Homer did not love Emily and was motivated by his need to promote his respectability and mask his homosexual tendencies. The only way Emily could absolutely hold onto Homer is by killing him and keeping his corpse as a token of romantic love, a thing Emily has never known. ...

• Word Count: 734
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Shakespeare uses the comedy behind Viola's gender transformation to explore the notion that concepts of romantic love are not always selective by gender. ... Everybody, male and female, seems to love Ganymede, the beautiful boy who looks like a woman because he is really Rosalind in disguise. ... Ganymede is the cupbearer and beloved of Jove and is a standard symbol of homosexual love. ... Even though Orlando is supposed to be in love with Rosalind, he seems to enjoy the idea of acting out his romance with the beautiful young boy Ganymede "almost as if a boy who looks like the woman ...

• Word Count: 1484
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

What if I was in love with a female? ... Would the love be any different? Being in love, taking care of, and growing old with someone is all that should be required to have a happy marriage. ... The idea of marriage as a romantic union between one man and one woman is relatively recent development. ... How would you feel to get strange and criticizing looks every time you walk down the street with the person you love? ...

• Word Count: 1305
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"Lesbians and heterosexual women have not been found to differ markedly either in their overall mental health or in their approaches to child rearing, nor have lesbians" romantic and sexual relationships with other women detract from their ability to care for their children. ... Nevertheless, a child is better off in a home where there is love, whether it is heterosexual or homosexual parents, rather than in a foster home. ...

• Word Count: 1092
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This refers to "an enduring emotional, romantic, sexual, or affectional attraction to another person (Hollander, 2000)." ... The same child that the family has loved, cared for, and protected since birth. ... We know from the experiences of GLB students and loved ones that anti-gay epithets, bullying, and physical violence are common occurrences. ...

• Word Count: 4517
• Approx Pages: 18
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate