"Once consent becomes the only value by which an individual can assess sex to be good or bad and justify their assessment to their partner or anyone else, all that’s left of seduction is contract negotiation fueled by whatever mix of horniness and loneliness brought the two parties together. There’s an alternative. As Srinivasan herself … Continue reading Brief Comments on Consensual Hostility
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The Five Love Languages
According to Gary Chapman, the five love languages are: words of affirmation (compliments) quality time receiving gifts acts of service physical touch This book, "The Five Love Languages," was published 30 years ago. I think it is a good mental model for thinking about relationships, and it probably helps to think of them as a spectrum. It's … Continue reading The Five Love Languages
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