You may worry about finances, a social life, employment,
fulfillment of sexual needs and the welfare of your children.
There are a number of reasons why people cheat on their spouses, from emotional disconnection to
a fulfillment of sexual needs.
They can use the adult chat rooms to chat with
the fulfillment of sexual partners.
Another reason is
fulfillment of sexual fantasies.
If the created order demands that all sexual expression lead to procreation, then abortion, which interrupts
the fulfillment of sexual expression, must be rejected.
Not exact matches
In his book «The All - or - Nothing Marriage,» Eli Finkel, a psychologist at Northwestern University and a professor at the Kellogg School
of Management, made a similar argument: Modern spouses look to each other for friendship,
sexual fulfillment, intellectual growth — not just financial stability, like they did in years past.
It includes these, but in man as an emergent
of the kind we have outlined,
sexual instinct has as its context the thrust towards
fulfillment in relationship with another
of his own human kind.
To the extent that they have addressed family - related matters, mainline churches have aligned themselves with a therapeutic ethic
of care and self -
fulfillment that affirms a range
of family configurations and
sexual practices.
The transition into late adolescence comes not when some level
of biological maturation or chronological age has been reached, but rather when an individual achieves and masters those stable patterns
of sexual fulfillment and interpersonal relationship which Sullivan thought characteristic
of mature adulthood.
According to this position,
sexual fulfillment is exclusively the right
of the heterosexual.
The «parlor» Freudians, those who chalked up every aspect
of the human condition to the
fulfillment, or lack
of same,
of all
sexual encounters, were merely silly — although to be sure in some cases consequentially so.
It is simply the case that
sexual relations are «natural» to «embodied» life, and so may be (and indeed usually are) necessary for the wholeness and
fulfillment of individuals no matter what their marital status,
sexual orientation, or gender identification may be.
For most
of the couples in Dominus's article, the decision to open a marriage is not primarily about
sexual fulfillment.
Since the end
of the postwar economic boom, new strategies have been used to stimulate consumption — especially strategies aimed at American youth that project
sexual activity as instant
fulfillment and violence as the locus
of machismo identity.
You can hold that a woman is so made that she enters into her
sexual identity and so finds a particular
fulfillment by giving cooperative support to a male leader, or that she is not; you can hold that a man is so made that he enters into his
sexual identity and so finds a particular
fulfillment by taking responsibility for a female helper, or that he is not; and you can argue across the board for whichever view
of Bible teaching on role relationships fits in with your idea.
Furthermore, parents who enjoy their children, feel the
fulfillment of participating in their growth, and share in the «one - flesh» unity
of this ongoing experience have much going for the
sexual and companionship sides
of their marriage.
There is research to show that the rhythm
of the lives
of adult men and women in our society is determined largely by career patterns at work and expectations
of self -
fulfillment, especially
sexual fulfillment, in their personal lives.
Certainly we are victims in one way or another
of what are styled economic laws, say
of supply and demand; surely we are in one aspect animals who seek for and require animal
fulfillment; without a doubt we are
sexual creatures.
That
sexual skills are interpersonal skills is a point often ignored, to the detriment
of sexual fulfillment in marriage.
Sexual fulfillment is so important to contemporary understandings
of self - actualization and identity that anything standing in its way instantly becomes hateful and unacceptable.
There's a generally accepted idea floating around that, once two people are married, they enter into a carefree, blissful lifetime
of sexual fulfillment that needs never be discussed in any meaningful way.
The «parlor» Freudians, those who chalked up every aspect
of the human condition to the
fulfillment, or lack
of same,
of all
sexual encounters, were merely silly» although to be sure in some cases consequentially so.
Christian social ethics therefore requires a view
of human
fulfillment and hope that will support young people in concrete ways in the
sexual crisis that has engulfed them and the society
of which they are a part.
I am thinking in particular
of the narcissistic body culture and the preoccupation with
sexual fulfillment and personal choice that increasingly characterize the West, suggesting to some Muslims a dangerous reversion to paganism and perhaps the moral impotence
of Christianity as well.
People are told that
sexual freedom and porno - culture are vehicles
of human happiness and
fulfillment.
The only question, in respect to
sexual desire, is how it should best be expressed, both for the
fulfillment of each person and for the best shared life
of the community.
C.S. Lewis and many believers think the motivation towards
sexual fulfillment is the manifestation
of unholy lust.
Moore did not appeal directly to Scripture and tradition for teen - age
sexual norms; rather, he appealed to an ethic
of social justice and
fulfillment.
1 COR 6:19 To me relates to this issue
of masturbation is that our bodies are not our own but were bought at a price therefore we honor God with our bodies.We submit our fleshly desires to him rather than gratify the lusts
of the flesh he has given us marriage as the proper place to enjoy
sexual desires they are natural and bring joy and
fulfillment within marriage.
The contraceptive promise that the feminist movement made to women goes something like this, «you will be free from fertility, so you can enjoy
sexual relations without fear
of having a child; you will be slim and beautiful and also can enter the workplace, just like men do, finding
fulfillment through your accomplishments.»
Its solution requires «a drastic reshaping
of the cultural image
of femininity that will permit women to reach maturity, identity, completeness
of self, without conflict with
sexual fulfillment» (op.
Last week I commented on the detachment
of love from any prior notion
of virtue and its reduction to emotional and
sexual self -
fulfillment.
We must also reject the contemporary presumption — which is widespread and even influences our churches in many ways — that human
fulfillment requires the satisfaction
of sexual desire.
The only
fulfillment I'm not getting out
of this is
sexual.
Diapers are usually worn out
of necessity rather than choice, although there are exceptions; people such as infantilists and diaper fetishists wear diapers recreationally for comfort, emotional
fulfillment, or
sexual gratification.
The disparity between the reproductive act and the orgasmic reflex prompted Shere Hite, in her controversial 1976 Hite Report, to call
sexual intercourse the Rube Goldberg method
of female
sexual fulfillment.
She has helped thousands
of women and couples reclaim their desires and discover true
sexual fulfillment.
This finding may reflect a tendency among women to consider masturbation part
of a «broader repertoire
of sexual fulfillment,» the authors wrote, rather than a substitute for partnered sex.
Think for a moment about the intimacy and
sexual fulfillment that might be missing from your relationship because
of this mindset.
Many
of us believe our male partners don't care about our
sexual fulfillment, or that enjoying sex isn't worth the tension it would place on your relationship to bring up what isn't working.
If you are looking for on - line
sexual fun, like - minded people with
sexual freedom, no - string - attached dates and
fulfillment of your naughty fantasies, then you are at the right place.
Single Parent Love life started in November
of 2006 with a mission statement to connect single moms and dads with other adults for emotional, social and
sexual fulfillment.
«I commit to seeking my
sexual fulfillment within the confines
of my relationship.
As an early Baby Boomer, I have had my fill
of attempting
sexual fulfillment through all those heady years
of Germaine Greer, Betty Friedman, Anais Nin and, those I am not happy saying it, Helen Gurley Brown.
The Lost Key (Unrated) Marital bliss is the theme
of this documentary chronicling a middle - aged man's search for
sexual fulfillment with a new wife in the wake
of a traumatic divorce from his first.
Daily theatrical demonstrations in a ballroom extol the benefits
of marital life to the guests, while physical experiments hinder
sexual fulfillment.
In a dark Manhattan yuppie bar, adman Roger (Campbell Scott) dominates a discussion about
sexual fulfillment, childbirth, and the propagation
of the race.
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finding security in chasing money, baubles, and the mirage
of sexual conquest, confusing all these as some sort
of spiritual
fulfillment.
According to Schnarch, the route to mature
sexual fulfillment, has little to do with specific body parts or the condition
of those parts, but has everything to do with the minds
of and the level
of differentiation (emotional maturity)
of the participants.