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Karina G's picture

Week 13

 This week what struck me the most was the topic of love. Like some have already commented it is difficult to think of love as something that we don't chose but our molecules do.  However if the assembly or arrangement of molecules influences emotions but do not control them, there is something else. I like to think that the change of arrangement of molecules or the secretion of a chemical that makes us fall in love is provoked by us. So in that sense we do have a say. 

Yes biology plays a big part in our lives but I do not believe that everything should be accounted for it or at least not entirely. Like we discussed in class, gender is biologically based but not entirely. Gender is also influenced by social construction. In the case of love I think there is something else that plays a role. It is not just about molecules. 

 

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