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Emotional aspects of sexuality
Sexuality is about engaging in intercourse; non-sexual intimacy; and our willingness to consent to sexual activity with others.
The receiver of intercourse need not be aroused
Alfred Kinsey concluded that female masturbation provided the most convincing evidence for female orgasm. Kinsey found that lesbians and responsive women had orgasms on...
Bill Masters & Virginia Johnson’s research (1966)
William Masters and Virginia Johnson observed volunteer couples having intercourse in the laboratory. Female orgasm was simply assumed to occur as a result of...
Men’s sexual satisfaction relies on having a lover
Research indicates that when men are deprived of female company they are aroused much less frequently. Kinsey’s research found this to be true of...
Women drive the need for dating and romance
When a woman is in love, she enjoys the emotional sensations of dancing with a lover. But men are easily aroused when in close...
Penetration is what makes sex erotic and taboo
Penetrative sex (both anal and vaginal intercourse) has a special role in our concept of eroticism. Penetration by a phallus is key to our...
Intercourse is totally defined by male responses
Men have much more confidence over sexual matters than women because sex revolves around male responses. A man’s arousal motivates him to initiate sexual...
Sexual attraction & commitment to a relationship
Especially in the early days of the relationship we can feel an electric thrill from touching, hearing or seeing our lover. We have a...