Love Among Men and Women: Exploring the Concept of Authentic and Inauthentic Love

Running head: LOVE AMONG MEN AND WOMEN
LOVE AMONG MEN AND WOMEN
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1LOVE AMONG MEN AND WOMEN
The concept of love among men and women have different meanings
among the different genders as suggested by Simone de Beauvoir. In her book
The Second Sex she seeks to explore the inauthentic love experienced by the
different genders as according to her authentic love is very tough to achieve. One
of the important issues in the difference of the conception of love in the mind of
the people in the society. The authentic love is the concept of the unconditional
love of a woman towards the mankind that takes into account the concept of love
to be free from the wants and desires emotionally and materialistically (Leighton).
The inauthentic love is the love that is also called the conditional love as it
is based on the emotional and psychological dependence or other such needs and
desires of humans (Leighton). Simone de Beauvoir takes into account the
inauthentic love taking into account the factors and the conditions that guide the
love of man and women and how they love differently in those conditions.
The aspects relating the concept of love between the psyches of man
women are quiet different in the various situation in the society. As Beauvoir puts
it the ideal difference in the concept of the social constructs of the upbringing of
the different genders in the society. the concept of the social acculturation is the
most important factor that affects the idea of love among the different genders.
The women are accultured often to have a love that is considered an idolatry love.

2LOVE AMONG MEN AND WOMEN
The women when they love the person have this idea of completely given
themselves in to the identity of their beloved making the idea of idolating
complete (Beauvoir).
In this process the women treat their beloved as an epitome of god and the
one who cannot have any flaws. One of the important aspects in this contexts is
that when the man is not able to live up the expectations it affects the psyche of
the woman and her overall behavior towards the relationship itself. One of the
most important aspect in this context is the fact that the different ideals of love
that co-exist in the ideas of love and relationship in the society (Lundgren-
Gothlin). Another important aspect in this context is the fact that the ideas of love,
worship and objectification of self is presented in the essay as the people in the
society. the love of a woman in the idolatry form of love is the giving up of
herself to the identity of the man she loves gradually acquiring the tastes and the
habits of the man she loves. The validation that the woman consistently need from
her beloved establishes her identity as the person. The need of the constant
validation of the woman from her man establishes the man as the master which
also puts upon him the responsibility to live up to the expectation of the woman,
The concept of the love of man is defined by a number of situations that
guide the life of the man in the society. When the man is living in the society they