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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 15 November 2012 01:00:58AM 6 points [-]

All romances have a plot that corresponds to marriage as commanded by the New Testament, and endorsed by Church and state until the nineteenth century: Dangerous powerful high status male overwhelms weak frail low status female, but then falls gooey in love with her and only her.

This is not quite the version endorsed by Church and state until the nineteenth century unless you replace "Dangerous powerful high status male" with "Dangerous but chivalrous powerful high status male".