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by token_female 5084 days ago
[citation needed]

I would love to see the study that demonstrates this, controlling for all societal factors.

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Do you need a citation if I tell you the sky is blue? What would you argue love is based on? Magical unicorns?
For the claim that all forms of love, respect etc. Boil down to sexual attraction? Yes. I don't know where you've been for the past 40 years, but Freud's theories on sexuality had no basis in empiricism and are no longer accepted among modern psychologists.
If you want to argue a counter theory, that is fine, but simply saying "you are wrong" is not sufficient. Like I said, what biological impulse would YOU account for love? What is the reason for love, evolutionarily speaking? The answer is pretty clear, and is not nearly exclusive to Freud's theories alone.