Is It Love or Sexual Attraction? | Psychology Today
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Love and Sexual Attraction Are Easy to Confuse But Have Different GoalsPrimary Ways Love Differs from Sexual AttractionSexual Attraction Can Lead to Love Love fulfills our need for support. Culturally, we often conflate sexual attraction and love, but there's good reason to suspect there are actually three distinct motivating systems. Lust may be th...Love compels honesty. When we feel secure in our relationships—we know someone loves us and that they'll be there for us—we behave more authentically. If we question someone's tru… Love fulfills our need for support. Culturally, we often conflate sexual attraction and love, but there's good reason to suspect there are actually three distinct motivating systems. Lust may be th...Love compels honesty. When we feel secure in our relationships—we know someone loves us and that they'll be there for us—we behave more authentically. If we question someone's trustworthiness, fear...Love makes us open to sacrifice. Sacrificing isn't fun: it involves giving up something valuable (e.g., time, money) and can come at a high cost. In relationships, willingness to sacrifice is assoc... Love fulfills our need for support. Culturally, we often conflate sexual attraction and love, but there's good reason to suspect there are actually three distinct motivating systems. Lust may be th... Love compels honesty. When we feel secure in our relationships—we know someone loves us and that they'll be there for us—we behave more authentically. If we question someone's tru… Love fulfills our need for support. Culturally, we often conflate sexual attraction and love, but there's good reason to suspect there are actually three distinct motivating systems. Lust may be th... Love compels honesty. When we feel secure in our relationships—we know someone loves us and that they'll be there for us—we behave more authentically. If we question someone's trustworthiness, fear... Love makes us open to sacrifice. Sacrificing isn't fun: it involves giving up something valuable (e.g., time, money) and can come at a high cost. In relationships, willingness to sacrifice is assoc... Love changes the effects of engaging in sex. Sex can boost well-being, but this link is strong…
Love fulfills our need for support. Culturally, we often conflate sexual attraction and love, but there's good reason to suspect there are actually three distinct motivating systems. Lust may be th...
Love compels honesty. When we feel secure in our relationships—we know someone loves us and that they'll be there for us—we behave more authentically. If we question someone's tru…
Love compels honesty. When we feel secure in our relationships—we know someone loves us and that they'll be there for us—we behave more authentically. If we question someone's trustworthiness, fear...
Love makes us open to sacrifice. Sacrificing isn't fun: it involves giving up something valuable (e.g., time, money) and can come at a high cost. In relationships, willingness to sacrifice is assoc...
Love changes the effects of engaging in sex. Sex can boost well-being, but this link is strong…
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