Lesson 2

Me, we and the other EuropeansFontys University of Applied Sciences Tilburg/NL

EUROPEAN VALUES EDUCATION - EVE

Statements about love Love is something universal, it doesn’t matter

from which country you are…

Statements about love Idea’s about love and relationship are changing,

from time to time, from place to place…

Statements about love I could imagine to have a relationship with somebody

from another country.

Statements about love Divorce is justifiable if a relationship comes to an end.

Rose of Love1 faithfulness   2 having

children 

3 happy sexual relationship

  4 sharing household chores

 

5 talking about problems

  6 shared religious beliefs

 

7 adequate income

  8 same social background

 

Rose of Love What struck you when you compared your ‘Rose of Love’? Where did you discover similarities and were there similarities

in your group? How could you explain these differences and similarities? Where do you learn your ideas about relationships?

Rose of Love: intelligent guesswork

Imagine that you are on a holiday and fall in love with somebody from another country. With whom do you think your ideas about relationships would match best?With somebody from:

•The Netherlands•Germany•Spain•Italy•Poland•Turkey•Sweden•Czech Republic

Rose of Love: holiday love

Does income have an impact on ‘love values’?

Changing ideas about relationship

Lesson outcome

We learn (some) values from our upbringing and socialisation (friends, school, media).

(“Love”) values differ between people, groups, cultures and countries. (Diversity)

There are several factors which have an influence on the diversity of values, like income, religion, age etc.

(“Love”) values are changing. Theories can only partly explain diversity between people of different

countries. “Love” values can be a matter of discussion and also have a political

dimension as shown by the example of divorce and/in Malta.

Exact results

    NL DE ES IT PL TR SE CZ FR SKUK (without NIR)

faithfulness 1 99,2 98,9 98,5 98,3 99,7 99,9 98,3 96,7 97,9 99,5 99,4

having children 2 79,1 83,5 93,3 90,8 94 99 83 93,8 92,6 97,7 81,3

happy sexual relationship 3 96,9 95,4 95 95,8 97,6 98,3 95,3 95,3 98 97 96,9

sharing household chores 4 87,7 79,8 88,4 76 94,8 92,4 92 86 88,9 81 89,9

talking about problems 5 99,3 96,2 98,8 98,2 97,9 99,8 97,8 95,6 98,4 98 98,9

shared religious beliefs 6 39,2 48,9 46,8 61,2 78,9 95,7 41,4 52,9 40,8 54,1 42,5

adequate income 7 83,4 90,9 92,1 74,7 88,1 99,5 69 90,4 84,5 95 81,7

same social background 8 58,5 55,7 52 35,7 66,1 93,2 47,6 60,3 46,3 54,8 50,1

Missing ‘Roses’