Love
I have been reading All about Love by Bell Hooks. It made me wonder about my definition of love. It is difficult to write the word down with out thinking of Mills and Boons or lavender.
Ms Hooks states that only men are allowed to speak with real authority on love, and what they say is mainly fantastical. Women defer to the male greater opinion on this issue as what we know is not as important and there is little written by women on this subject outside of the romance. novel.
Who are these men whose voices are the authority, whose poetry, writing and doctrine inform our lives on such an important subject and what is there relationship to me. Surely this is important to know if I am to live by his interpretation of the "human condition"
Maybe we have been taught who to love, what to love, what was worthy of love and how.
We have been taught that love is blind that it conquers all. This is possibly true, maybe love is blind or should be, maybe lovers should not see each others minor imperfections, these compromises that human beings make to get along, love will conquer the everyday ups and downs we may face.
However maybe true love is a reciprocal thing and respect goes both ways, not a case of you love me because I am an object to possess, because I have the right labelling, tags, or I supply a need you have, and so love does not need to be blind to injustices or abuses that may exist because our love is about nurturing each other, we are not at war fighting to control each other,there is no turf to conquer.
What then does it mean to us then? and is there a way to find out? It seems easier to say what is not.
I am going to publish this and then look at it. I will also continue to re read the wonderful All about Love and I am going to try to think up what that word really means to me, it will probably be corny, it might need to be, love maybe corny, I don’t know, but maybe I will surprise myself and come up with something new.
I have been reading All about Love by Bell Hooks. It made me wonder about my definition of love. It is difficult to write the word down with out thinking of Mills and Boons or lavender.
Ms Hooks states that only men are allowed to speak with real authority on love, and what they say is mainly fantastical. Women defer to the male greater opinion on this issue as what we know is not as important and there is little written by women on this subject outside of the romance. novel.
Who are these men whose voices are the authority, whose poetry, writing and doctrine inform our lives on such an important subject and what is there relationship to me. Surely this is important to know if I am to live by his interpretation of the "human condition"
Maybe we have been taught who to love, what to love, what was worthy of love and how.
We have been taught that love is blind that it conquers all. This is possibly true, maybe love is blind or should be, maybe lovers should not see each others minor imperfections, these compromises that human beings make to get along, love will conquer the everyday ups and downs we may face.
However maybe true love is a reciprocal thing and respect goes both ways, not a case of you love me because I am an object to possess, because I have the right labelling, tags, or I supply a need you have, and so love does not need to be blind to injustices or abuses that may exist because our love is about nurturing each other, we are not at war fighting to control each other,there is no turf to conquer.
What then does it mean to us then? and is there a way to find out? It seems easier to say what is not.
I am going to publish this and then look at it. I will also continue to re read the wonderful All about Love and I am going to try to think up what that word really means to me, it will probably be corny, it might need to be, love maybe corny, I don’t know, but maybe I will surprise myself and come up with something new.
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