“... it is in our century that love has come to be perceived as a refinement of the sexual impulse, but in many other centuries romantic love and sexual impulse were often considered unrelated.” LoveRomanceSexSexualityRomantic Love Book:Surpassing the Love of Men: Romantic Friendship and Love Between Women from the Renaissance to the Present Source: Surpassing the Love of Men: Romantic Friendship and Love Between Women from the Renaissance to the Present