The Geography of Love
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.33178/Keywords:
sexuality, culture, genderAbstract
Human beings are born with the capacity to love. The rules and mores, however, which govern the expression of this emotion are learned. For few other emotions do so many rules, regulations, customs and superstitions (both social and religious) exist, perhaps because of the very critical link between this emotion and the procreation of the species. The rules which govern this emotion vary from culture to culture and within the same culture evolve over time, as societies themselves change. As a consequence, love lends itself particularly well to geographical study.
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