When it comes to experiencing desire, there is often an underlying belief that the goal is to conquer something. We may approach situations with the mindset that we need to win someone's heart,...
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: Tenderness: embracing desire as connection rather than conquest
Embodiment is the process of connecting with your body through mindful awareness and sensory exploration. It involves paying attention to physical sensations, emotions, thoughts, and surroundings in...
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: Sexuality and intimacy: a guide to connecting with yourself and others through mindful awareness
Erotic tenderness is an intense and passionate emotional connection between people that involves physical touch, affection, and desire. It can be expressed through various forms of nonverbal...
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: Experiencing intense passionate emotional connection exploring gender roles in politics
In this essay, I will explore how political cruelty can impact the way people interact with one another romantically or sexually. Specifically, I will look at how it affects the capacity for erotic...
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: How political cruelty impacts sexuality and intimacy in traumatized communities
Can aesthetic experiences of tenderness, vulnerability, and intimacy provide models for ethical behavior?
The answer to this question is yes. It's possible to understand what it means to be a good...
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: Aesthetic experiences teach us the power of tenderness, vulnerability & intimacy
Can the cultivation of tenderness, empathy, and emotional resilience serve as a model for ethical leadership and social change?
The answer to this question is yes. Tenderness, empathy, and...
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: Cultivating tenderness, empathy, and resilience: how ethical leadership benefits organizations
Tenderness refers to the feeling of kindness, warmth, sympathy, compassion, and love towards someone or something. It can be expressed through touch, words, gestures, acts, or thoughts. It can be...
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: Tenderness: understanding its meanings, values, and importance
Resilience is often thought of as an individual quality that allows one to persist through difficult circumstances.
There are growing ideas in psychology and neuroscience that suggest it may be...
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: 8 steps to strengthening your emotional resilience through relationships
Can queer love be viewed as a mode of political and moral resistance through tenderness? This is an intriguing question that has been debated among scholars for many years. On one hand, there are...
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: Can tenderness provide a path towards resistance in queer love?
Cultural norms are the general rules and beliefs that guide a society's behavior and interactions. They can vary greatly across different cultures and subcultures within a culture. Gender roles and...
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: The power of cultural norms on intimacy between men and women