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In The Transformation of Intimacy, Giddens ‘pure relationship' is defined as one of "sexual and emotional equality". Moves towards the pure relationship, he believes, have been made possible by ‘plastic sexuality', or sexuality which is "freed from the needs of reproduction" due to birth control and other reproductive technologies (1992:2). They have also been made possible by women's increasing autonomy and demands for sexual pleasure.

Confluent Love – "is active, contingent love" which relies upon equality in an emotional give-and-take. This pure relationship then, is based on a rational, utilitarian calculation of costs and benefits in the emotional realm and the ability to be intensely self-reflexive about one's needs and desires.

Whether in friendship, family, or romance he talks about how the trend today is that of only staying in a relationship that benefits ones own self. The minute that either party doesn't feel as though the relationship is......

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Title: Critique Of Schnarch
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Approximate Pages: 6 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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