2-14-06
Happy Valentine's Day! Love is an adapted emotion that has helped to insure reproduction of our species. It is one of, if not the most powerful emotion in our cognitive repertoire. Psychologists distinguish between compassionate and passionate love. Romantic love is an intense attraction that involves the idealization of the other person and that is expected to endure over time. Yet, romantic love may be short-lived. Compassionate love is based on admiration and respect. It is the passionate love that is initially felt at the beginning of a relationship, it acts as a magnet and it begins with visual contact. It makes for euphoric episodes and depressed bouts as one deals with successes and failures with a potential mate. Men developed an interest in sex with multiple partners in order to maximize the likelihood of passing on their genes; women seek a good provider. Definitely a stark difference in mating strategies and one that is anachronistic and out of place in today's thoroughly modern world. What can we learn from this? Try and find a mate that evokes the passion that we all innately desire, and yet over time the compassionate love that will last a lifetime.
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