is love a social construct?

romantic love is such a powerful force in people's lives. but where does it come from? do our brains naturally crave love or is romance fed to us by social norms and culture?

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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 intro
7:22 part 1: pure biology
15:16 part 2: social construction
24:49 part 3: dual love
31:14 politicization of love

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SOURCES:
Fisher, H. 2005. Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love.
Jenkins, C. 2017. What Love is: and What It Could Be.
Beall, A. E., & Sternberg, R. J. 1995. "The Social Construction of Love." DOI:10.1177/0265407595123006
Joel Haver. "Pretend That You Love Me."    • Pretend That You Love Me  
Oseman, A. 2020. Loveless.
TIffany, K. 2022. "The Woman Who Made Online Dating into a Science." https://www.theatlantic.com/technolog...

MUSIC:
Charles Mayer - Chanson Sentimentale
Déodat de Séverac - Valse Romantique
Albéniz - Barcarola, Op.23
Martin Landström - The High Point
Sergei Bortkiewicz - Nocturne (Diana), Op.24
Sergei Bortkiewicz - Valse 'La mélancolique', Op.27

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