As I explained in another article, many scholars and laypeople equate sex, sexual love, and erotic love. However, I believe researchers should distinguish between these concepts because they mean somewhat different things (Karandashev, 2022). Sexual love is intense feelings of … Continue reading
Category Archives: language of Love
Emoji Love and Other Emotions in the Virtual World
In modern culture, it seems easy to guess what “heart” and especially “red heart” mean. Guess what? Love! So, the corresponding symbols are common in modern virtual world. The emoji 
adopted the same meaning social media messages. The red heart … Continue reading
What Is Erotic Love?
What is love? What is sex? What is sexual love? And what is erotic love? For love studies to be truly scientific, there are a lot of scholarly questions that need to be answered. As I noted in another article, … 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
What Is “Romantic” in Romantic Love Across Cultures?
Once, Western historians and literary scholars believed that “romantic love” was invented by West-European civilizations during the Medieval and Early Modern periods. Beginning with the “courtly love” (amour courtois) of the 12th and 13th centuries in France, Spain, and Germany, … Continue reading
Romantic Values of Love in Societies
Romantic love emerged as a literary idea and an unrealistic and idealized type of love. Men and women who have romantic values of love tend to idealize a partner and a relationship. If both partners are romantically involved, we can … Continue reading
9 Main Characteristics of Romantic Love
How can we know that love is truly romantic? How is romantic love different from other kinds of love? What are the main characteristics of romantic beliefs, expectations, and feelings? As I show elsewhere, the term “romantic” primarily means “idealistic” … Continue reading
What Is Romantic Love?
Over the years, many writers and scholars have widely used the words “romantic love” and “romantic relationship” with somewhat casual and fuzzy meanings. They frequently used these words instead of the words “passionate love” and “premarital relationship”. The romantic experience … Continue reading
The Japanese Way of Dating
This article explains when and how Japanese dating takes place. Courting, dating, and marital relationships are the periods when men and women expect an intimate relationship and love to evolve. Across cultures, such practices vary in terms of time and … Continue reading