Give up the romance!

#### A Great Love Story Rarely is anything more romanticized than romantic love... Love - passionately celebrated in song for centuries, lauded in literature, glorified in films, even in its most sublime forms. Despite its vicissitudes and relatively short duration, we have made romantic love a central model of social organization. Romantic love is constantly instilled in our minds from childhood as an indispensable component of happiness and contentment. However, its reality is far from romantic - especially for women. #### ...Nothing deserves this romance less! Romantic relationships between men and women create the framework that allows them to perform two-thirds of the unpaid work, earn less, and slide into dependency. In contrast, single women without children are considered the happiest and healthiest segment of society. They have a longer life expectancy than married women, while married men live longer than single men. Romantic relationships with men are harmful to women: their health, their emotions, and their financial situation. #### A provocative and angry essay from a feminist perspective In this fascinating essay, Beatrice Frassel addresses these injustices and calls for a change in mindset. Because: Romantic love is a patriarchal indoctrination campaign that has prevailed in its narrative for centuries. How happy we are that we don't need it, and that we are able to define the meaning of love for ourselves.