Ernest Gala
Ernest Gala voted up Didge Doo's answer

When I was a young buck, back in the 1950s, all the love songs were about love and marriage, finding somebody to share your life with. These days they're all about getting her (or him) into the cot. The times, they are a-changing.

So the difference between romance and sexual attraction? Expectation and permanence.

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Ernest Gala
Ernest Gala voted up Didge Doo's answer

When I was a young buck, back in the 1950s, all the love songs were about love and marriage, finding somebody to share your life with. These days they're all about getting her (or him) into the cot. The times, they are a-changing.

So the difference between romance and sexual attraction? Expectation and permanence.

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Ernest Gala
Ernest Gala voted up Anonymous' answer

Sexual attraction is fairly obvious.  It includes sexual reactions but may or may not include romantic feelings.  You think people who pick up hookers, or folks who hook up in clubs in bars are feeling romantic??  Highly unlikely in most cases generally speaking.  Hookers and hook ups are generally totally un-romantic, all about physical release, … Read more