Human Emotions. Write a 1500 word paper answering; It happens because any new concept requires the consensus of the wide scientific community and also because it requires exploration of lay and native concepts while dealing with laypersons.There are various theoretical perspectives of emotion. One such perspective views emotion as an inherent quality. For example, according to the traditional theory of emotions, emotion is an internal feeling. It is pointed out that social and cultural features have a role in deciding the way emotion is expressed. According to Lupton (1998, p.10), the central tenet of this approach is that all humans are born with some basic emotions. That means emotion is considered as an animalistic trait in humans that is of survival value. In addition, it is more influenced by impulse than by thought (ibid). This view is very visible in The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin. According to Darwin (1899, p.15), emotions are central to survival and are reactions to threats and anger in the environment.If the work ‘Emotional Consumption: Mapping Love and Masochism in an Exotic Dance Club’ by Egan (2005) is analyzed in the light of this ‘inherent emotion’ concept, one can see that the inherent ideology will not be able to explain the situation fully. To illustrate, it is observed by Egan that though the regulars tend to fall in love initially, after a certain period of time, they ask for reaffirmation of the dancers’ love, and on realizing the love is not real, the regulars give up. That means if love is considered as an emotion, it should be guided more by impulse than by reason. Then, it will not be possible to explain why the feeling of love disappears after a period of time.However, one can see the acceptance of sadism and masochism in the work of Egan.