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===Modern synthesis=== | ===Modern synthesis=== | ||
Modern notions of romance are extended into real-life through marriage, and retain the chivalric practice of man-proving-himself-to-woman. This occurs through the synthesis of the Greek idea of sexuality as a spiritual journey and the Puritan idea of love being essential to marriage.<ref>https://open.library.ubc.ca/media/download/pdf/831/1.0053733/1 AN EXISTENTIAL-PHENOMENOLOGICAL APPROACH TO ROMANTIC LOVE by Karen Lecovin</ref> | Modern notions of romance are extended into real-life through marriage, and retain the chivalric practice of man-proving-himself-to-woman. This occurs through the synthesis of some chivalric notions with the Greek idea of sexuality as a spiritual journey and the Puritan idea of love being essential to marriage.<ref>https://open.library.ubc.ca/media/download/pdf/831/1.0053733/1 AN EXISTENTIAL-PHENOMENOLOGICAL APPROACH TO ROMANTIC LOVE by Karen Lecovin</ref> | ||
== Relation to shit tests == | == Relation to shit tests == | ||