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Have We Moved Past Heterosexual Romance?
American Thinker.com ^ | June 6, 2021 | Charlotte Cushman

Posted on 06/06/2021 5:05:44 AM PDT by Kaslin

The romantic relationship between a man and a woman is one of life's greatest joys. This distinctive and valuable relationship needs a defense and a greater understanding, and Ronald Pisaturo provides it in his book Masculine Power, Feminine Beauty: The Volitional, Objective Basis for Heterosexuality in Romantic Love and Marriage.[1] He presents a positive theory of heterosexual romantic love and a cogent defense for marriage, fidelity, masculinity, femininity, and much more.

From his introduction:

I argue that heterosexuality in particular enables romantic love in a way that integrates with all aspects of a man and woman. I argue also that sexual orientation is the result of volition in the same way that other aspects of romantic love are volitional. I discuss implications of my theory for the judging of homosexuality, and I debunk the mainstream theories that "affirm" non-heterosexual orientations. I then argue that objective cognition requires that the concept of marriage refer only to relationships between one man and one woman.

The underlying theme of his book is to understand one's own underlying sex-specific sexual values. The more that is understood about our values and why we value what we value, the deeper will be our love and our emotional responses to those values. Romantic love is not mindless. It requires utmost selectivity, and in order to select a sexual partner, one must know which criteria are essential and consistent with one's deepest values.

There has been a gradual deterioration of romance between men and women because of the assaults on Western civilization and the resulting war on sexuality. Feminist activists have denigrated the concepts of masculinity and femininity with claims that men and women are the same. We have been told over and over again with no proof that homosexuality is not a choice.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: abortion; charlottecushman; genderdysphoria; homosexualagenda; joebrown; judgejoebrown; ronaldpisaturo
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1 posted on 06/06/2021 5:05:44 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Nature will always win out on this, only heterosexual couples can procreate, and culture is always changing.


2 posted on 06/06/2021 5:13:01 AM PDT by Bayard
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To: Kaslin

Hetero bonds enable mankind to strive, survive and thrive.


4 posted on 06/06/2021 5:22:22 AM PDT by lurk ( )
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To: Kaslin

We have been told over and over again with no proof that homosexuality is not a choice.

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Piss poor argument from our side. How does one prove a negative?


5 posted on 06/06/2021 5:43:08 AM PDT by Graybeard58 (The China virus doesn't scare me, Venezuelaism does.)
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To: Bayard

And being a Woman will come back in style, too. This will be followed by a return to stylishness of being a Man.

The freaks will return to the carnival.


6 posted on 06/06/2021 5:46:25 AM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: Kaslin

Sexual orientation is volitional?

Rly?


7 posted on 06/06/2021 5:52:10 AM PDT by sauropod (Chance favors the prepared mind.)
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To: Kaslin

My wife and I are now less than two weeks away from our 50th Wedding Anniversary. We believe in traditional marriage.


8 posted on 06/06/2021 5:52:37 AM PDT by Gnome1949
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To: Gnome1949

YAHOO!!!!! Congratulations on your 50 years together! May you have many many more!


9 posted on 06/06/2021 6:02:00 AM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: Levy78

“Agree show me any instance where ascendent and widespread homosexuality hasn’t resulted in societal collapse.”

Ancient Rome did pretty well for about a thousand years.


10 posted on 06/06/2021 6:04:38 AM PDT by Renfrew
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To: Gnome1949

Natural law always wins out attacking it has become huge. Kids younger than puberty cannot handle the concept of sex. Before widespread media, and leftist takeover of education, they were not exposed to it, as a rule. But messing them up is difficult to overcome.

The birth control pill manipulates with hormones. The body is in a pregnant state, without the fetus. Phermones are shut down. Guts are not attracted to women on the pill. Women on the pill have to resort to aggressive measures to have and keep a mate including dressing immodestly, initiating dating, putting out, putting up with mistreatment, living like they’re married for years. They are also attracted to effeminate, nurturing guys because that’s what they need when they are pregnant.

Then there’s the unstudied effect of the pill in the food and water supply affecting everyone’s hormones

Most evil comes down to the pill. It was written on extensively in the 1960s. People ignored it.


11 posted on 06/06/2021 6:10:24 AM PDT by stanne
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To: Graybeard58; All

“We have been told over and over again with no proof that homosexuality is not a choice.”

If it was determined there was a “homosexual” gene would the left still be pro-abortion?


12 posted on 06/06/2021 6:13:58 AM PDT by ProudVet97 (E)
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To: Kaslin

When the pendulum swings back to God’s created order, it will be ugly.

The abominables have created this crisis. There will be no escaping it. Be not deceived — God is not mocked. Correction is coming.


13 posted on 06/06/2021 6:20:18 AM PDT by nonsporting (To relieve sickness, sometimes one must hurl.)
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To: Kaslin

If people would just believe the Bible, we wouldn’t need any of this nonsense


14 posted on 06/06/2021 6:39:44 AM PDT by RaceBannon (Rom 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for )
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To: Kaslin

Not in our home


15 posted on 06/06/2021 6:55:32 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (“Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.” )
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To: ProudVet97

We’re also told that X and Y chromosomes don’t matter, you can decide which gender your wish to be.

It’s amazing to me people can hold both these concepts in their heads and not see extreme contradiction.


16 posted on 06/06/2021 7:02:34 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Gnome1949

Congratulations!!!


17 posted on 06/06/2021 7:11:15 AM PDT by Freestate316 (Know what you believe and why you believe it.)
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To: Kaslin

Only one Book matters.


18 posted on 06/06/2021 7:18:02 AM PDT by Varsity Flight ( "War by the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18)
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To: nonsporting
When the pendulum swings back to God’s created order, it will be ugly.

The deplorables vs the abominables?

19 posted on 06/06/2021 7:27:38 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Well played 🤗


20 posted on 06/06/2021 8:15:27 AM PDT by Roccus (Prima di ogni altra cosa, siate armati!)
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