He looks you straight in the eye, a firm but welcoming gaze.
In her arms a little girl playing with the hair of her little brother abandoned under her.
It is the photo of a mother or rather of maternal love what takes care of you.
It is the photo chosen by UNHCR for the "Gestures of Love" poll carried out by Doxa.
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For almost 8 out of 10 Italians the answer to the question which is the symbol of love is the mother.
But beware it is not a response from "mammoni" or the cute, funny refrain of many songs, no here we are talking about "
who takes care of you
", a much broader concept.
This concept, in the survey comparing Italians in 2018 and now in 2022, includes children who "
take care of their parents
", of those who "
take care"
of people who are victims of conflict, of those who care for a sick person.
Instead, the romantic love falls drastically, to put it more effectively, of prince charming and Cinderella.
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elderly people
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Love
Love therefore, declined as
"taking care"
... today means, despite dark and complex times, giving or making a legacy for those in difficult conditions. "It seems -" comments Paolo Colombo, Research Manager of Doxa che the care of others and the help of the most vulnerable are considered more important than the romantic and passionate component ”.
"It is significant that 83% of the interviewees - comments Laura Iucci, Director of Fundraising of Unchr Italia - consider it an act of love to make a legacy, with a growth of 12 percentage points compared to 2018. hope for the future: we are experiencing a phase in which conflicts and persecutions have forced over 100 million people to leave their homes, a figure never seen before.
To face this human tragedy we need the generosity of all ”.
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War in Ukraine, source UNHCR