# Romantic love - [[2024-0727. 'Amatonormativity' is a name for the attitude that privileges lives based around a focal monogamous romantic relationship.|'Amatonormativity' is a name for the attitude that privileges lives based around a focal monogamous romantic relationship.]][^1] + [[2024-0727. Sexual activity is often said to distinguish romantic love from other forms of love and concern, in particular friendship.|Sexual activity is often said to distinguish romantic love from other forms of love and concern, in particular from friendship.]][^2] - [[2024-0727. Societal ideals about 'romantic' love regulate not just our expectations about sex, but also our conceptions of family and the nature of parenthood.|Societal ideals about 'romantic' love regulate not just our expectations about sex, but also our conceptions of family and the nature of parenthood.]][^1] [^1]: Carrie Jenkins, ‘[[Jenkins. ‘How a hackneyed romantic ideal is used to stigmatise polyamory’, 2017.|How a hackneyed romantic ideal is used to stigmatise polyamory]], *Aeon*, 3 February 2017, [https://aeon.co/ideas/how-a-hackneyed-romantic-ideal-is-used-to-stigmatise-polyamory](https://aeon.co/ideas/how-a-hackneyed-romantic-ideal-is-used-to-stigmatise-polyamory). [^2]: Natasha McKeever and Luke Brunning, ‘[[McKeever & Brunning. ‘Being asexual’, 2019.|Being asexual]]’, *Aeon*, 19 November 2019, https://aeon.co/essays/what-being-asexual-or-aromantic-tells-us-about-sex-and-romance.