Romantic love has an adaptive function in human evolution. It increases reproductive success in sexual relations between men and women through the hormone of love. The evolution of animal and human bonding results in the evolution of love hormones. When … Continue reading
Author Archives: Victor Karandashev
The New Marital Aspiration of Brazilian Companionate Love
Traditional gender roles in marriage, familism, and respectful relationships are the cultural values that Brazilian couples strive to live by in cooperation and trust. In many families, husband and wife coexist as partners bound together by their family responsibilities, fulfillment … Continue reading
Brazilian Companionate Love and Marriage
The courtship process for Brazilians is often full of exciting and romantic feelings, conversations, and events. Yet, due to the differences in gender roles, these experiences have different meanings and feelings for men and women. How do Brazilian companionate love … Continue reading
What Is Special About Brazilian Love and Courtship?
What is love for Brazilians? A wide range of mental associations may come to the mind of a Brazilian woman or man when they hear the word “amor.” These can be various feelings, emotions, images, thoughts, beliefs, attitudes, and actions … Continue reading
The Extraverted Character of Brazilian Love
Brazilian society has had an intriguing history of multiple social factors that have shaped its modern culture. Among those were the European conquests and immigration of the past centuries. Social life, interpersonal relationships, and love have experienced cultural evolution through … Continue reading
What Is the Brazilian Lexicon of Love?
Love and marriage in Brazil have a fascinating history that has been influenced by conquest and slavery during the early European settlements. Following European connections had a substantial impact on the development of Brazilian society, communities, and families. Being a … Continue reading
How Brazilians Distinguish Between Passionate Love and True Love
The Brazilian Portuguese word “amor,” which means “love,” refers to a wide range of beliefs, feelings, emotions, attitudes, and behaviors that characterize gender relationships, sexual encounters, and emotional connections. The challenges, however, arise when people distinguish between the “paixao” and … Continue reading
The Paradoxical Type of Latin Macho Man
The type of macho man has become a well-known cultural label, characterizing the typical image of a Latin man. This stereotype commonly describes a strong man with certain attributes of masculinity, such as demanding respect, assertive attitudes, domineering behavior, and … Continue reading
The Important Merits of “Marianistas” in Latin America
The cultures of Central and South American societies are substantially derived from colonial and Catholic traditions. So, this history shaped customary gender inequalities and patriarchal family organization in the countries of that geographical region. But the way people lived in … Continue reading
The Culture of “Marianismo” in Latin America
Many sociocultural conditions in Central and South America derived from colonial and Catholic traditions have significantly influenced gender relations, love, and marital partnership in many countries in that geographical region. The Latin American cultural ideas of “machismo” and “marianismo” are … Continue reading