Romance

Published: Sept. 18, 2017, 1 p.m.

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Red roses, romantic dinners and Valentine\\u2019s Day might have become the modern expression of Romance \\u2013 but where do its ancient roots lie? And do traditional ideas about Romance conflict with today\\u2019s experience of gender, love and sexuality?

Afua Hirsch talks to Eddie and Justin Outlaw about their experience of Romance as a gay couple in America\\u2019s deep south. We also hear from Kiru Taye, a Nigerian author who wanted to challenge the predominately white and western world of Romance novels; and sex and attachment expert Sarah Merrill describes how the romantic instinct is etched into our very biology.

Yet in the world of swipe right, swipe left dating apps \\u2013 how might our experience of Romance be changing?

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