Recently we have been talking about dating, relationships, and the different types or categories of love. There are 4 different types of love. The first is agave, second is storge, the third is eros and the fourth is phillia.
Agave involves more actions and service than the romantic feelings between couples. Storge is a relationship that is found between a parent and a child. It involves one spouse looking after the well being of another. Eros are the romantic feelings found between two people. This type of love has more passion than the other types of love. Phillia is brotherly love or a friendly love. All of these are important to have in a relationship. They each have qualities that can contribute to a healthy and well functioning relationships.
We also talked about the different stages of dating. The first step is dating a variety of people. This helps you get to know what types of people and characteristics that you want in a furture spouse. The next, is courtship which is dating one person exclusively. This is an important step in the dating process. The next step is engagement. After you have dated a person exclusively, you take the next step of marriage.

This weeks discussions have revolved around the different roles that men and women have and how they are different. It is true that everyone wants to be treated fairly and be equal to those around them. We can see evidence of this throughout history. Today especially, there is a tremendous want for equality on different issues. However, the definition of equality has been changed throughout time and equality can mean different things to different people.
For example, there has been and still is a lot of debate about women being equal to men. Women feel like they are at a disadvantage or they are inferior because men have certain responsibilities that they do not have. But does this really make them unequal? In our world today, we believe that equality means that everyone must be the exact same. However, I believe that men and women are completely equal, they just have different roles to play. People can be different and equal simultaneously. Women have certain characteristics that are genetic and natural for them and the same thing for the men. We are genetically designed to act in certain ways. Society needs to acknowledge the fact that men and women can be different from each other and it is not a bad thing.

This entire week we have talked about class and culture and what is are the differences and the similarities. After the discussions we had as a class, I came to the realization class and culture are two very different things. I think that class is the status that people are in, where as I think that culture are the customs, traditions, and beliefs that define who a person is and gives insight to their character. Culture plays a bigger role on who we are and how we act and class does. I think that culture sets the boundaries for our life and I think that as we grow older and experience more things in life, we learn about other customs and cultures and we like them; and as a result, we adopt different traditions and apply them into our own lives and families. Class is determined on more of a worldly level. You can be split into classes based on different things like wealth or possessions. Culture is the way people think and act established from their parents or the environment those people were raised in.