Must say Agape, because of the Catholic Church, once redefined it to mean the love of God, when it applied to all Greek deities.
This was long after Christ even supposedly existed. 4th century CE.
Please remember that Zeus himself had Eros (the type of love) for his daughter Persephone and a child as well... Dionysus. Ancient Agape applies to that type of love. It's ALL inclusive.
Also Xenia is a relatively new type of love. More used in modern Greek. See psychology Xenophilia and Xenophobia.
I think it depends on the individual; a woman tends to fall more in love with the other person's actions, while men are more instinctive. That's why there are more women who like other women because they don't tend to be judgmental in love.
I don't know but women seem to have more trouble getting over it when it goes wrong or if the man doesn't respond. It seems like they get more involved with it and invest emotionally more or something.
I don't know, as "love" gets thrown around like nothing these days. I used to fall in love quickly when I felt safe to open up with someone, but I never feel safe around people anymore so I no longer consider myself a romantic. I think men feel attraction faster.
It depends on the reason. Men fall in lust quite a bit and call it love, and sometimes it actually is. Women fall in love with people who are kind to them.
If I had to guess? Men. It’s a women’s responsibility imposed on her by societal expectations that she is supposed to be choosy and careful with who she takes as a partner. Men are usually just happy to be chosen.
These days .. its increasingly less common that it happens
Too much finger pointing and not enough accountability .. on both sides of it. Its not rocket science, but its being made tricky AF by the toxic attitudes.
