>i'm not talking about "statistical" understanding. i'm
>talking about having a political analysis of choices made in
>"love relationships," wise or unwise.

Okay. That I can understand. I guess I wasn't clear. Could you give some examples, though? Sort of a means of measurement? Something to compare to?

> we live in a
>politicized world, both on micro and macro levels. so to
>ignore that politics are intrinsic to all relationships is
>actually foolish and and adhering to bourgeois notions of
>love and sex.

So what you're saying is decisions made WITHIN a relationship, not necasarily a politicization of the relationship itself. Tell me if I'm unclear. Because that's some shit I could go into for HOURS.