Romance Is Prescriptive

Stub • 94 Words • Love/Romance, 2025 • 03/23/2025

⚠️ This post contains a rougher cut of my thoughts on the topic and may be updated in the future. Please forgive any mistakes or lack of polish!

This article is part of the Abolishing Romance Anthology.

Romance has prescriptive power which can limit your relationships.

There are 106 words in this article, and it will probably take you less than 1 minute to read it.

This article was published 2025-03-23 00:00:00 -0400, which makes this post and me old when I published it.

Not only can it limit the possibility within the romantic relationship, but it may stunt your other relationships.

Within a romantic relationship:

  • It tells you how you should feel and what you should do during your relationship lest you be a bad partner
  • It is not always the social concept of romance, but your own ideas about it too

Other relationships:

  • Stricter notions of exclusivity of emotional and physical intimacy can limit connections with others

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