Worship. Adoration. Valence.
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Worship. Adoration. Valence.
A woman communicates to a man that he is worthy and respected when she submits to his leadership. A man cannot possibly feel truly respected in a relationship if his woman is resisting his leadership by giving him excuses, saying 'no', and being unreceptive. It will make him feel purposeless in the relationship, without any real sense of responsibi
... See moreZak Roedde • Worthy Woman
eyes of young men who are already predisposed to devaluing themselves and placing women as the goal of their lives rather than seeing themselves as the prize to be sought after.
Rollo Tomassi • The Rational Male
But though outrage may feel liberating, it is no friend of love. In order to stand any chance of working, a relationship has to involve—on both sides—a continuous attempt to drill beneath difficult words and actions in search of their more complicated, and occasionally touching, origins. Perhaps our partner is feeling sexually insecure; maybe they
... See moreAlain de Botton • A Therapeutic Journey: Lessons from The School of Life
The young would-be feminists flocking to “WitchTok” for advice on how to conjure love and manifest success are hardly atheists. Neither are the young men of the right who, if not crowding back into traditionalist churches, grope for a spirituality of strength, vitality, and meaning among the aesthetic ruins of ancient warrior cults. These are peopl... See more
N. S. Lyons • Dark Enchantment | N. S. Lyons
Romanticism has conceptually united love and sex. It has elevated sex to the supreme expression of admiration and respect for another person. Frequent, mutually satisfying sex is assumed to be not just pleasurable but the expected bellwether of the health of a relationship. Romanticism has thereby turned infrequent sex and adultery from the problem
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