RE103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Bell Hooks, Nuclear Family
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Bell hook"s perspe(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e is that lo(cid:448)e is a(cid:374) a(cid:272)t of (cid:449)ill. Love is a decision or a choice that you make. It"s (cid:374)ot just an emotion that comes or goes. Emotion is the basis for why we would choose to love a certain person. Love requires that one treats another as equal and has the same rights to safety, love is not passive (love requires you to act and stand up to oppression by partner) Love requires honesty parti(cid:272)ularly for ro(cid:373)a(cid:374)ti(cid:272) relatio(cid:374)ships, there"s lots of (cid:373)o(cid:448)ies a(cid:271)out deceiving someone into loving us. Love should be able to allow space for arguments. Love involves commitment about self-esteem and the commitment to love yourself (you cannot make a commitment to another person if you do not love yourself) (cid:862)i a(cid:373) i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t e(cid:374)ough(cid:863) recognize and love who you are. Community- beyond coupling and nuclear family we need love relationships outside family and we need support.
