rofessional opportunities, and much more spiritual reasons for choosing our true Life Mate. I think Giddens also believes that there are things about romantic love that need to be redefined, things such as love only occur between a man and a woman. Or that romantic love is supposed to make you feel ecstatic and silly. Or that love will last forever. None of these are necessarily true in today's world. Homosexual love is part of our culture and cannot be denied. Real love does not make you say and do stupid things. Of the three, having your love last forever is the most attainable, but people of the 21st century realize that it will only last if you are with the right person and if both partners continuously work on making the relationship happy and healthy. Even still, it is hard for people today to think of "forever," because it can not be comprehended by a lot of people, and many tend to live happily in the moment.Anthony Giddens takes sexuality to a new level. He takes a theoretical approach and looks at sexuality through many broad categories. He shows how modern love is much more open and free in many ways, not only where gender roles are concerned, but also with sexuality and family issues. He talks of the addictions of sexuality all the way to sexuality as a democracy, meaning that this new change in sexuality will be considered traditional sexuality from this point on, as the way our society views the sexuality of those just a few decades ago. This book is one that will allow the reader to view many aspects of sexuality from a social standpoint, and apply it to certain social attitudes in our society today, these attitudes can range from the acceptance of lesbian and gays, and the common sight of sex before marriage and women equality. The new era of sexuality has taken a definite "transformation" as Giddens puts it, and as a society we are living in the world of change in which we must adapt, by accepting our society as a c...
