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Erotic lovers view [[marriage]] as an extended [[honeymoon]], and sex as the ultimate aesthetic experience. They tend to address their lovers with pet names, such as "sweetie" or "sexy". An erotic lover can be perceived as a "hopeless romantic". The erotic lover wants to share and know everything about their loved one and often thinks of their partner in an idealized manner. The erotic lover's reaction to criticism from their partner is one of hurt and intense pain. The erotic lover's reaction to separation from the partner is agony and despair. Those of other love styles may see erotic lovers as unrealistic, or trapped in a fantasy.
The advantage of erotic love is that the hormones and emotions cause lovers to bond with each other, and feelings of lust and feelings of love alternatively reinforce each other. It is very relaxing for the person doing it. It affords a sense of security to both partners who recognize and see sexual complementation in each other and a sense of life's purpose.
Examples of Eros may be seen in movies including ''[[The Blue Lagoon (1980 film)|The Blue Lagoon]]'', ''[[Return to the Blue Lagoon]]'', ''[[Pretty Woman]]'', ''[[Working Girl]]'', and ''[[Girl with a Pearl Earring (film)|Girl with a Pearl Earring]]''.
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==Measurement==
Clyde Hendrick and Susan Hendrick of [[Texas Tech University]] expanded on this theory in the mid-1980s with their extensive research on what they called "love styles". Their study found that male students tend to be more
Hendrick and Hendrick (1986) developed a self-report questionnaire measure of Lee's love styles, known as the Love Attitudes Scale (LAS).<ref name=":0">{{cite journal |vauthors=Hendrick C, Hendrick SS |title=A theory and method of love |journal=Journal of Personality and Social Psychology |volume=50 |issue=2 |pages=392–402 |date=Feb 1986 |doi=10.1037/0022-3514.50.2.392}}</ref> A shortened version of the LAS, presumably for researchers trying to keep their surveys as concise as possible, was later published,<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Hendrick C, Hendrick SS, Dicke A |title=The Love Attitudes Scale: Short form |journal=J Pers Soc Psychol |volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=147–59 |year=1998 |doi=10.1177/0265407598152001 |s2cid=145583028 }}</ref> and other variations appear to have been used by some researchers. Respondents indicate their level of agreement or disagreement with the LAS items, examples of which include "My partner and I have the right physical 'chemistry'" (eros) and "Our love is the best kind because it grew out of a long friendship" (storge). Depending on the version of the LAS one administers, there are from 3 to 7 items for each of the six styles described above. A 2002 article illustrated the use of the LAS.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Fricker J, Moore S |title=Relationship Satisfaction: The role of Love Styles and Attachment Styles |journal=Current Research in Social Psychology |volume=7 |issue=11 |year=2002 |url=http://www.uiowa.edu/~grpproc/crisp/crisp.7.11.htm |access-date=2016-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080117182741/http://www.uiowa.edu/~grpproc/crisp/crisp.7.11.htm |archive-date=2008-01-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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