THE FUTURE OF LOVE

THE FUTURE OF LOVE

Love has long been a source of power for women — at times our sole means of influence.

“A woman’s power lies only in the degree of unhappiness with which she can punish her lover,” wrote Stendhal (1783-1842). Clearly, power imbalances — in which a woman is economically dependent and can exert her will only through emotional scenes — can poison love relationships. But what happens to love in modern relationships that strive for an equal sharing of power?

Reports from the new mating frontier make up our special section on The Future of Love. “The State of the Couple” takes a look at young and mid-life mating today, and at the possibilities for widening the circle of love from the particular (mate, family members) to the more general, transcendent love of friends and neighbors that can generate the social changes we all long to see. In “Deep Tapioca” Jill Johnston gives a stream-of-consciousness account of her legal-at-last lesbian marriage celebration in Denmark. And “Paying His Way” is Laurel Touby’s honest and entertaining account of the heady freedom of picking up the check.

Love has long been a source of power for women — at times our sole means of influence.

“A woman’s power lies only in the degree of unhappiness with which she can punish her lover,” wrote Stendhal (1783-1842). Clearly, power imbalances — in which a woman is economically dependent and can exert her will only through emotional scenes — can poison love relationships. But what happens to love in modern relationships that strive for an equal sharing of power?

Reports from the new mating frontier make up our special section on The Future of Love. “The State of the Couple” takes a look at young and mid-life mating today, and at the possibilities for widening the circle of love from the particular (mate, family members) to the more general, transcendent love of friends and neighbors that can generate the social changes we all long to see. In “Deep Tapioca” Jill Johnston gives a stream-of-consciousness account of her legal-at-last lesbian marriage celebration in Denmark. And “Paying His Way” is Laurel Touby’s honest and entertaining account of the heady freedom of picking up the check.

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Merle Hoffman's Choices: A Post-Roe Abortion Rights Manifesto

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“Merle Hoffman has always known that in a democracy, we each have decision-making power over the fate of our own bodies. She is a national hero for us all.” —Gloria Steinem

In the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe V. Wade and a country divided, Merle Hoffman, a pioneer in the pro-choice movement and women’s healthcare, offers an unapologetic and authoritative take on abortion calling it “the front line and the bottom line of women’s freedom and liberty.” 

Merle Hoffman has been at the forefront of the reproductive freedom movement since the 1970s. Three years before the Supreme Court legalized abortion through Roe v. Wade, she helped to establish one of the United States’ first abortion centers in Flushing, Queens, and later went on to found Choices, one of the nation’s largest and most comprehensive women’s medical facilities. For the last five decades, Hoffman has been a steadfast warrior and fierce advocate for every woman’s right to choose when and whether or not to be a mother.