Sometimes love requires strong actions. When we love someone, it is easy to mistake the respect we feel we should have towards the other person’s choices, with cowardice and fear. In the case of parental love, for instance, it is … Continue reading
What Can Our Body Language Tell Us About Love and Relationship?
The popular scientific and self-help publications widely advise us about our body language and what it tells us about our feelings, attitudes, and love. How valid are all these advices? Subtle facial and bodily movements are often cited as giveaways … Continue reading
Why People Love Romantic Comedies
PDF version Why are romantic comedies so popular among people? Do their narratives reflect men’s and women’s love? Romantic comedies, also known as rom-coms, are among the most popular film genres. However, they have often been criticized for not being … Continue reading
Mobility of Intimate Relationships in Online Dating Apps
Online dating applications facilitate interpersonal connections between individuals, enabling them to pursue various motivations, such as seeking sexual encounters, romantic relationships, emotional intimacy, or other forms of interpersonal connections. Many women and men feel ambiguity regarding the opportunities associated with … Continue reading
Challenges to Being Open in Online Dating Apps
Online dating apps assist people to connect with each other, and individuals pursue their own motivations, whether for sex, love, intimacy, or any other kind of interpersonal motivation. Do people use dating apps for love or for sex? Many men … Continue reading
Modern Intimate Practices in Online Dating Apps
According to previous research on online dating app practices, there are two groups of users. Some are seeking casual sex, while others are seeking a committed relationship, as an imposed normative framework suggests. Intimate Relationships in Online-Mediated Cultures Sociologists have … Continue reading
How Our Personal Values Affect Our Love and Romantic Relationships
Men and women tend to attribute the problems to their partner’s shortcomings when they encounter difficulties in their romantic relationships. Sometimes, we may acknowledge that our personal values, individual characteristics, and behaviors also affect the quality of our relationships. Is … Continue reading
A New Study on the Importance of Affectionate Touch in Romantic Love
Touch is an important way people communicate love and intimacy in romantic relationships. Affectionate touch, such as hugging, stroking, and kissing, is common worldwide. Romantic partners across many cultures frequently use affectionate touch to express their love for a romantic … Continue reading
How Affectionate Touch Influences Our Romantic Relationships
Men and women express their love for a partner in a relationship in a variety of verbal and nonverbal ways. Affectionate touch of various kinds is among the important nonverbal channels for lovers to express love in the intimate relationships. … Continue reading
How Affectionate Touch Expresses Love to a Romantic Partner
Men and women use many verbal and nonverbal ways to express their love for a partner in a relationship. Affectionate touch of various kinds is among the major nonverbal channels to express romantic love that lovers use in their intimate … Continue reading