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Re: Anna Karenina
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 10:02 pm
by reasonvemotion
So not just: "darling, you were stupendous" but a whole huge praise full of superlatives, in an enthousiastic voice, like a firework, until he lies on his back, disarmed, laughing, and ... begging you to stop.
Dunno, only a man could answer that one!
Like I said it is highly unusual for a woman to, speaking colloquially, see it as "just fucking"
Re: Anna Karenina
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 9:50 am
by duszek
Yes, and not all men are the same. This was only one example.
I was trying to make a general point: if I really love someone I am naturally eager to satisfy his needs, rather than to educate him according to my preferences.
And: is it at all necessary to say that one loves someone ? I either feel or do not feel loved. If I do not feel loved then an affirmation of the contrary will not change anything.
Dr. Laura once said that men express their love by "performance".
Re: Anna Karenina
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 4:00 am
by chasw
I believe Tolstoy's message was: Anna, her husband and Vronsky belonged to a strata of Russian society that was morally bankrupt, headed for a fall. In other words, they deserved what they got. Contrast them to the aristocrat who eventually married Kitty - a romantic who loved the land and respected the serfs. One of the most powerful scenes in the movie was near the end with the aristocrat out in the fields, wielding a scythe with the peasants, chanting in unison as they mowed down the ripe corn. Tolstoy was a hopeless Romantic, godfather of the "back to the soil" movement. - CW
Re: Anna Karenina
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 4:31 pm
by homegrown
Women want romance - men want sex! Bah! Men want love - women want a good price!
Re: Anna Karenina
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 1:49 am
by reasonvemotion
Women want romance - men want sex! Bah! Men want love - women want a good price!
This is so damn interesting.
I am inclined to agree with you.
I think due to the feminist movement men have gradually become emasculated. Their natural "force" has been extinguished.
What is left is the image of a man, who is totally confused by the image of woman.
In turn, women have become ferocious and demanding.
The art of manliness has been reduced to the title of a book and women are clamouring to read and find answers to "should I pay on the first date, or should I sleep with him on the first date".
I agree men want love, but love how it was between a man and a woman,
Where women have romance and men have sex.
Gasoline on the fire.
A combination that ignites.
Re: Anna Karenina
Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 3:37 am
by Bill Wiltrack
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