Monday, April 2, 2012

Love


From being based off survival to being based off of emotions, love has changed meaning. In prehistoric times one had no choice but to follow social determining patterns. For example, a woman was to stay home, have children, cook, and other womanly duties. The men went out and made the money. This type of relationship would be applauded by any church. In today’s society there is no set position for men and women. Today’s relationships are based off of people’s opinions of what is right and not the church’s opinions.
In the Roman civilization, love was not necessary. If love it happened it happened. The reason for marriage was to have children. To talk about sex was looked down upon much similar to talking bad about the church. Today, sex is “love” to most of America. People today get married because of common traits, emotions and unexpected children. Most of the time marriages were arranged between two families of power in prehistoric times. They did this to keep money in the family, also to keep the prestige bloodline. But it was not unusual for a noble man to marry a slave. These relationships developed either by starting off as an affair, or the noble man becoming a widowed man. Having an affair was also looked down upon in the church, so these men had to hide from their wives and the church. In addition, the ones that married slaves were criticized by their family because they have polluted the bloodline.
Cheating today is common; many people have developed a tolerance for it. Once the husband cheats the wife either forgives or forgets. Another option could be that she goes and cheats herself as a source of pay back. In marriages today the only reason a marriage is involved in the church is the ceremony. The church does not get involved with the marriages because of cheating, it probably would not even know about it. Would one say that in prehistoric times people had more virtues than today? Would one say that they both have their moral faults? Only the people in the future could probably determine the answer to that question. One should think that love has its many views and no set definition. Also, can not be subdued by the church. Religion should be a part of the building blocks of a relationship but should not be the majority. In prehistoric times the church seemed to have too much rule on a couples love, which makes one think that love was all bad and no happiness. Love came off as being just a job.Is love a choice? Can one help who they do or do not love? Does the man above have any thing to do with it?

To be considerate one should not base opinions off of what stories or myths told about prehistoric love because there is never something that always stays the same. Everything changes. From old to new love can have many mishaps, but no period of time can put a stamp on how love can bring many aspects of happiness.

1 comment:

  1. I related to your blog post on love because I also wrote on comparative philosophy. I really enjoyed reading your blog because you described love in various eras such as prehistoric times, Roman civilizations, and the definition of love in today’s society. This gave me a wide insight on how different each society viewed love. When you described love in prehistoric times, I was surprised on how much women barely had the choice to make their own decisions. The men controlled the women’s lives and basically the women were left to take care of the home and children. I understand that back then that was how society lived but I think if the couple really loved each other they would make decisions together and work things out. I liked how you tied in the Roman civilization and how love was not necessary and that many people married for the wrong reasons. I couldn’t imagine marrying someone I didn’t love and I can’t believe it still happens in some cultures today. I was surprised how strict the rules were based on marrying within your certain social class. I think you should be able to love anybody that suits you and that you shouldn’t be tied down to a certain class structure. You stated it perfectly, “Can one help who they do or do not love?” I am glad that society has changed over the years because I think it would be really hard to follow their guidelines. I really liked your last sentence about how nobody can put a stamp on how love can provide certain happiness. I agree and think that love is what you make of it and I think love does provide all kinds of happiness. You did a great job on your blog post and I learned a lot through it.

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    Rachel Crall

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