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How society negatively impacts our
perception of love
Love or romance is something And this definition is learnt from
that is seen to be a deeply what society teaches. (Now
personal matter throughout the granted, a person can be helped
ages. A poetic, surreal experience to unlearn his internalized
that comes from the depths of the misogyny, and this piece is not a
heart, almost as an instinct. After defense claiming that society
all, it has everything to do with a teaches young men misogyny and
small set of individuals with their that nothing can be done about it.
own preferences, biases and What yours truly aims to convey is
experiences. But then, individuals that society does play a huge role
are not free from society’s in denting our outlook which is
expectations and narratives, and internalized over the years
this often leads to a warped through various channels such as
perception of what it means to family, movies, etc and that
love. something must be done about it.
While there is no universally
agreed upon definition on what it
means to love, one can definitely This argument extends to not just
agree upon the fact that bringing the following short paragraph on
imbibed misogyny or phobias into masculinity but also the
a relationship - as is the case in subsequent ones) Let us begin
many relationships, unfortunately with the medium that is most
- are certainly not the way to go. talked about when it comes to
After all, how a person misogyny: movies, a topic which
approaches a woman is has been discussed countless
dependent on what he thinks times.
masculinity and femininity mean.
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