Essay About Movie Theater And Origin Of Love

Beliefs Regarding the Origin of Love – Personal Essay
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This essay discusses my beliefs regarding the origin of love. I believe that the human emotion
of love originates from the very strong bond between parents and their children. We give the
name of “love” to that innate emotion which so strongly binds parents to their children. It is
clearly an evolutionary adaptation for ensuring the survival of the species, just as a mother bear
so strongly protects her young, up to & including sacrificing her own life.
Parental love doesnt require the presence of biologically-related children, it is equally
expressed by parents of adopted children or step-children. In fact, love doesnt require the
presence of children at all – the emotion is still present in all of us and can be expressed to &
felt for many people – ones spouse, ones relatives, ones friends, ones Supernatural Being(s),
ones favorite football team, etc.
This is similar to the emotion of anger – its evolutionary origin is probably to generate the
physiological response necessary to defend ones life or to defend ones family. However,
athletic coaches long ago learned how to manipulate the emotion of anger (among other
emotions) for success on the athletic field. Likewise, love can be expressed in many, many
situations, especially since it is such a strong emotion. However, its strongest instantiation is
between parent and child.
I believe the emotion of love is, in general, stronger in women than men and explains the
relative extent to which men (again, in general) can more easily vacate their parental
responsibilities than women. I believe the stronger emotion of love in women also explains their
better ability (in general and relative to men) to express their love.
As a topical example of the ease with which women can express love, my wife and I were at a
movie theater recently while two hurried young female attendants were rushing around cleaning
theaters between movies. As they passed each other in the hallway, one said to the other “I
love you” followed by the same reply from the other. It was certainly nothing sexual and was
just an expression of their fondness for each other. As we all know, it would be unlikely for two
males to say this to each other – something about hell freezing over comes to mind. If males do
express their love for each other, it is generally associated with beer and followed