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Weininger outlined a complementarian theory of sexual attraction, whereby individuals who exhibit more or less of the masculine or feminine essence were attracted to each other. For example, in Weiningers view, a very masculine man would be most attracted to a very feminine women as vice versa. An androgynous man would require an androgynous female. Weininger also claimed that this explained homosexuality, and called for more leniency to be extended to those found guilty of homosexual acts, criticizing the laws that were implemented throughout much of Europe at the time that often enforced strict punishments for those found guilty of involvement in homosexual acts (including in the Austro-Hungarian empire that Weininger was a subject of). | Weininger outlined a complementarian theory of sexual attraction, whereby individuals who exhibit more or less of the masculine or feminine essence were attracted to each other. For example, in Weiningers view, a very masculine man would be most attracted to a very feminine women as vice versa. An androgynous man would require an androgynous female. Weininger also claimed that this explained homosexuality, and called for more leniency to be extended to those found guilty of homosexual acts, criticizing the laws that were implemented throughout much of Europe at the time that often enforced strict punishments for those found guilty of involvement in homosexual acts (including in the Austro-Hungarian empire that Weininger was a subject of). | ||
Thus each individual seeks their complement in terms of choice of romantic partners. Unions that violated this principle would be invariably unstable would likely result in dissolution of the marriage. He describes children born from "unions of love" as the most vigorous and strongest, thus he claims that "marriages of convenience" generally were productive of "inferior" offspring, or were typically barren. He claimed that this theory of attraction represented a natural law, thus it did not only apply to mankind, but also the lower animals and even plants. | Thus each individual seeks their complement in terms of choice of romantic partners. Unions that violated this principle would be invariably unstable and would likely result in dissolution of the marriage. He describes children born from "unions of love" as the most vigorous and strongest, thus he claims that "marriages of convenience" generally were productive of "inferior" offspring, or were typically barren. He claimed that this theory of attraction represented a natural law, thus it did not only apply to mankind, but also the lower animals and even plants. | ||
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