by abufarsi » Sat Jan 29, 2011 2:27 pm
Tones of examples of sex without love. But the reverse? I would think that romantic love (unlike parental or brotherly love) always has a sexual aspect. Flirting, gender based courtesies, roll playing, are all common courtship activities, all have a sexual aspect. Making love is just that, making love happen.
Quite often, sex in romance is a door to another dimension in the trust, the privacy, the intimacy, that new couples share. Before sex they are close friends, after lovers.
Statistically it seems that many older people have sex far fewer times then when young, that they, just don't need it as much any more. What the surveys do not show is the non sex-act loving that goes on, the holding, the sharing, the intimacy, most of done in a gender based manner. Partnership love needs feeding, and sex is a good place to find loves nourishment.