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Who has a higher capacity for love: Woman or Man?
- Thread starter Flow
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equal.. but love is a complex thing.. are you talking of passionate love or the stronger love of what we can feal for or family and children?
Black Rabbit of Inle
Bluelight Crew
I don't think either is 'more capable'. They both express their love in different ways and it's difficult to compare them.
DOB
Bluelighter
i would say on average women love more,but record for most love probably goes to some passionate men
pofacedhoe
Bluelight Crew
stupidest question ever.
what about sociopaths, autistic people, mood disorders etc.
"which sex feels more sadness?"
"which sex has more compassion?"
which sex {insert subjective concept that is at best unquantifiable and at worst non existent).
i'll leave this open until it causes the inevitable gender based squabbling
what about sociopaths, autistic people, mood disorders etc.
"which sex feels more sadness?"
"which sex has more compassion?"
which sex {insert subjective concept that is at best unquantifiable and at worst non existent).
i'll leave this open until it causes the inevitable gender based squabbling
JessFR
Bluelight Crew
I'm not convinced that all of us are capable of feeling true love, but of those that are, male or female...
love makes us all equally insane.
love makes us all equally insane.
omnipresenthuman
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I think that, in the moment, when the two people are with each other, talking about how they love each other, the foreplay, and when they are having sex, etc., women easily take the cake in having the higher capacity to love. Women are just more expressive and let you fucking know how they feel - besides, almost everything women do in the bedroom you already know is going to be sensual as all hell, it just comes fucking natural to them...
As far as I'm concerned, though, the flip side is that I do think men are historically much, much, much better at detailing their love for a woman (or man too, but historically, it's almost always women) in artistic form, in various mediums - poetry (think Shakespeare, Rumi, Lord Byron, etc.), oil paintings or sculptures, music (Beethoven and his 'Moonlight Sonata' that he wrote for his furtive girlfriend), etc. And yeah, I know this argument is clearly greatly complicated by how men were the only gender who could really express themselves in this way for thousands of years per societal norms, but, actually, I'd still stick by this argument even in the modern day. Men are just fantastic at retroactively looking at their love interest and putting them up on an artistic pedestal. It's somewhat ironic since this would seem to be the much more feminine thing to do, trying to capture your sexual fantasies or real moments in fancy ways.
You can say I'm totally, wrong, it's cool, but think about it, yo...
As far as I'm concerned, though, the flip side is that I do think men are historically much, much, much better at detailing their love for a woman (or man too, but historically, it's almost always women) in artistic form, in various mediums - poetry (think Shakespeare, Rumi, Lord Byron, etc.), oil paintings or sculptures, music (Beethoven and his 'Moonlight Sonata' that he wrote for his furtive girlfriend), etc. And yeah, I know this argument is clearly greatly complicated by how men were the only gender who could really express themselves in this way for thousands of years per societal norms, but, actually, I'd still stick by this argument even in the modern day. Men are just fantastic at retroactively looking at their love interest and putting them up on an artistic pedestal. It's somewhat ironic since this would seem to be the much more feminine thing to do, trying to capture your sexual fantasies or real moments in fancy ways.
You can say I'm totally, wrong, it's cool, but think about it, yo...
tennant90
Bluelighter
Yeah I think it's mostly down to the individual. As far as love goes it's a complicated process. Mainly a bunch of chemicals rushing in the brain conjuring up intense emotions. I think men and women in general can love just as much as the other. I don't think gender really matters here.
If though there was in some way a link to love and gender then I would say women. But I think saying that, women may be the ones who fall in love easier.
If though there was in some way a link to love and gender then I would say women. But I think saying that, women may be the ones who fall in love easier.
I asked for opinions, not facts. I really didn't expect a moderator to be so unnecessarily rude.
pofacedhoe
Bluelight Crew
well i'm sorry if i offended you but my opinion was that this is a dead end question because it implies we can pigeonhole people based upon gender. which we cant. just watch for an example http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVSPDkZarM8. often gender splitting scenarios lead to arguements so maybe i was being a bit presumptive...
i just think love is different for everyone
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Mariposa
Bluelight Crew
Is this lavoix, the known troll? Apologies if not.
In my experience, any gender/sex is capable of most things. Love is a decision made by an individual.
In my experience, any gender/sex is capable of most things. Love is a decision made by an individual.
Nope, was just genuinely curious on the topic.
Maybe I should have worded the question differently or refrained from making it a gender based debate. It seems to me like men and women speak different languages, and I just wanted some perspective.
telling you your question is stupid is not rude. you asked for an opinion and got one.
i tend to agree that it's a bit of a stupid question - how do you even begin to measure something so subjective and qualitative as love (or the capacity for love).
alasdair
Jabberwocky
Frumious Bandersnatch
Agreed :D