| json_metadata | "{"musingAppId":"aU2p3C3a8N","appDepth":2,"musingAppVersion":"1.1","appBody":"<p> <\/p>\n<p><strong>What does \u201clove is blind\u201d mean?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The idea of love as a spell that blurs our judgement or blinds us from seeing what is obvious has a complex and multifaceted origin.<\/p>\n<p>From classical representations to canonical poetry, love, eros, cupid amor has always presuposed a struggle between flesh and spirit, carnal and ethereal passion, heart and brain. This battle tends o be won by impulses and irrationality regardless of gender or sexual orientation, age, religion, race or class.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/3c\/Botticelli-primavera.jpg\/1024px-Botticelli-primavera.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The clasical cupid, so popular in western culture, with modern representation of a cute winged chubby infant responsible for our love attractions, was at times represented as blindfolded, suggesting that love would hit just about anybody regardless of circumstances.<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/7\/7f\/Piero_della_Francesca_-_Cupid_Blindfolded_-_WGA17587.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>The expression is usually used pejoratively in instances where it is obvious, for anyone but the person(s) victim of the infatuation, that there is something wrong either with one of the parties or with the whole relationship (in cases where the blindness is shared).<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>In my culture, we use the expression as an implied critique or disapproval of a love relationship whenever we feel one of the parties should see that the other is not fully committed or that the match is actually a mismatch and it is not in the person\u2019s best interest to continue with that relationship. For instance, a young woman entering a relationship with an older, usually married man, and her inability to listen to advice or reason is cause for the expression to be used. Even if the love interest is of the same age, but does not enjoy the parents\u2019 approval, or proves to be reckless or a bad influence, the one not listening gets the expression. <\/p>\n<p>Sometimes the expression is intended to question the couple as a whole and the poor decisions their \u201cblindness\u201d causes. The couple may leave family and friends, jobs or academic life projects pursuing a love dream, in which case, both may be termed \u201cblind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/a0\/Lucas_Cranach_%28I%29_-_Ill-Matched_Lovers_%28National_Galery%2C_Prague%29.jpg\/387px-Lucas_Cranach_%28I%29_-_Ill-Matched_Lovers_%28National_Galery%2C_Prague%29.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p>Usually the expression is loaded with racism or classism when someone considers that one of the parties is beneath the other\u2019s stature, race or social standing. Also, aesthetically, depending on the culture\u2019s definition of beauty, people may use the phrase to criticize of the parties\u2019 poor taste in choosing a partner that does not match their beauty. Handsome men are supposed to date beautiful women and vice versa. Thus, to see a person with the looks their culture has deemed perfect or ideal with someone with the features we usually associate with ugliness begs the question.<\/p>","appTitle":"What does mean \"love is blind\"?","appTags":["love"],"musingPostType":"answer","appParentPermlink":"fkdp4nssq","app":"musing\/1.1","appParentAuthor":"sweetcharity705","appCategory":"love"}" |
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