Essays on Love

Marriage as a Social Act Marriage is an eminently social act, which not only unites the couple between themselves but the couple to society. Unlike the contract, which is only an agreement between the contractors, the institution is defined by a number of rules, pre-existing obligations, in which the spouses agree...

Many cultures hold the belief that normative sexual behavior should be heterosexual in nature and any other orientation is construed as deviance. In most cases, gender, sex and sexuality are usually wrongly conflated. The conventional distinctions of gender as male and female have often assumed that males will fundamentally be...

The general trend in the divorce rates over the last 80 years is that there has been a decline in the recent years. Some of the commonly cited explanations for high divorce rate in the U.S. since 1960 include irreconcilable differences, feminism, and finances.             The consequences of the no-fault divorce...

Seventeen-year-old Lyndy whose ethnic identity is British dual heritage is the first born in a family of five children. Two of the siblings aged 13 and eight are her stepbrothers. Lyndy's biological father moved back to African after divorcing with her mother when Lyndy was five years old. Lyndy has...

Gender socialization and roles begin at birth starting from when the perfect color shawls are chosen for different sexes, i.e., blue for males and pink for females. Gender socialization then continues all the way as one grows whereby we are informed on what is expected for different sexes, masculinity and...

In today’s world, being young and maintaining a youthful look is fashionable and appealing as portrayed by the media. Mass media has used flawless images that have greatly influenced lifestyle of the masses especially women. In this case people are willing to go an extra mile to maintain or regain...

In comparison to the past generations, adolescents nowadays devote less of their time interrelating with close family members than they spend with friends; in school, in part-time jobs, and so forth. That being said, family and particularly the parent-adolescent relationship, offers opportunities for teenagers or adolescents to acquire and develop...

During my childhood days, I enjoyed visiting different beautiful places with my family. One place really made me feel very happy when we visited. Although we visited the place once in my childhood, I still have a clear memory of the beautiful scenery and experiences I had there. This beautiful...

Interpersonal, emotional, and physical attraction have been widely explained using social psychological theories and how they relate to male/female relationships. In particular, dating sites and other platforms have used the theories to come up with appeals, hobbies, and passions that will bring together couples (Ha, Geertjan and Rutger 1064). Besides,...

The two songs are an expression of the singers’ experience of a love gone wrong. The lyrics are graphical expressions of pain, regret and helplessness as both are victims of circumstances that are beyond their control.  In both situations, the persona is experiencing the same struggle over and over, and...

Introduction She is called Connie and she is not like many girls of her time. She constantly fights with her family and is in a huge rush to mature. Her race to maturity is the aspect that is emphasized in Joyce Carol Oates' "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been."....

Love and Its Different Types Love is a form of strong emotion and personal affection for another person. It is also a virtue that shows human compassion, empathy, sympathy, and selfless concern for another person (Peterson, Tracie, 2016). Love is also a virtue that binds people regardless of the turn of...