Ovid's "Art of Love" Rings True in the Twentieth Century It is a physical truth that the male and female sexes were made to fit together as counterparts. Animal corresponding parts come together to perform intercourse in order to regenerate a species. In nature there are hundreds of mating rituals and courting practices used when a male or female seeks a mate. Each pursuer looks for certain aspects of a potential mate. People analyze personal …
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…make-up to hide their facial imperfections, and they wear wonder bras and high heals. These are all ways that women today manipulate their appearances to please men. Women still "moan as though they were coming" (III.797) while faking orgasms to please their male companions. Men today still give off a macho and controlling attitude to impress women. Ovid's pointers are now predominantly embossed in people's minds as timeless guidelines to creating and maintaining a relationship.