Chapter 1

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Across
  1. 2. How power imbalances shape relationships and distort love.
  2. 4. Love is connected to fairness and social change.
  3. 6. The foundation for being able to love others in a healthy way.
  4. 7. Explores how love is often confused with abusive behavior.
  5. 9. True love is based on care, not just emotion or possession.
  6. 11. Past pain shapes how people understand love.
  7. 12. The system that teaches men to see love as control rather than care.
  8. 14. Understanding love can free us from harmful relationships and beliefs.
Down
  1. 1. Love has the power to heal emotional wounds.
  2. 3. Real love requires accountability and effort.
  3. 5. Prevents people from giving and receiving real love.
  4. 8. How power and control are mistaken for love in relationships.
  5. 9. Love requires dedication and consistent action.
  6. 10. Many, especially black women, are taught to equate love with self-sacrifice.
  7. 13. Love requires truth, but many are raised to accept lies in relationships.