Multiamory: Rethinking Modern Relationships 113 - What is Romantic Love? (with philosopher Carrie Jenkins)
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Apr 4, 2017 AI Snips
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The Romantic Mystique Limits Understanding
- The "romantic mystique" treats romantic love as mysterious, sacred, and beyond critique.
- Carrie Jenkins argues this mystique disempowers people and prevents understanding a powerful, potentially dangerous phenomenon.
Use Reason To Strengthen Feelings
- Don't ditch reason when approaching romantic feelings; blend thinking and feeling instead.
- Jenkins says thinking can strengthen relationships and help spot danger without killing wonder.
Clarity Prevents Harm Labeled 'Love'
- Unclear definitions of love let abusive behavior hide under the label "love."
- Jenkins cites bell hooks to argue clarity about love prevents dangerous excuses like "too much love."