Sentences with phrase «relationship than sex»

Then she'll buy / express the rational that «sex isn't that important, there's more to a relationship than sex.»

There's more to the relationship than sex only, but if you can't imagine seeing them again after oh so boring sex, you ghost.

Not exact matches

In fact, not only is it possible, it's more common than you think — last year, a study found that women tend to lose interest in sex about a year into a relationship.

Even after this sharp decline, however, if you're in relationship you're still likely having more sex than your peers who aren't.

But we are presently in a culture so estranged from our bodies, and male - female relationships are in such an overall mess (with sex redefined in terms of power rather than vulnerability), that it is hard to know where to start.

Being queer does not make up the entirety of my being, any more than being a photographer, a traveler, a blogger, etc... Sex is a normal part of a relationship, but it's NOT all there is to that relationship.

For the first time, more than half of Anglicans now believe same - sex relationships are acceptable, according a new British Social Attitudes survey.

Nonbelievers will ask about it endlessly, and try to understand what could possibly be better than relationships and sex.

Routinely fundamentalist Christians compare people in same - sex relationships to pedophiles and demand an explanation for how their most important relationships are any different than people having sex with dogs.

Similarly, while there may be some value in the refusal to take a moral stance on homosexuality — in order to focus squarely on the nature of marriage rather than on same - sex relationships — I am less than persuaded by the authors» moral judgment that people's sexual relationships are a private issue.

The position of those who would affirm sax - sex relationships in the church are not putting a heavier reliance on «feeling» than others, and are not denying that there are «carnal» desires of all sorts which may gain an unhealthy control over any of us.

If we succeed in changing the hierarchies we have imposed on people according to their race and color and sex, then we can have a world of persons, of horizontal relationship rather than hierarchy, a world of expression rather than oppression, where «there are no more distinctions between Jew and Greek, slave and free, male and female,» where we are all «one in Christ Jesus.»

By investing themselves in enhancing the general quality of their relationship and improving their communication skills, they will probably do more to increase intimacy than by pouring their worried attention onto their «sex problem.»

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The ELCA, meanwhile, has suffered a dramatic drop in membership, losing more than a million members since its 2009 vote to approve same - sex marriage and ordain pastors in same - sex relationships.

We should be looking for ways to make our economy more family - friendly rather than getting our knickers in a wad over same - sex spousal relationships if we are really concerned about strengthening the emotional bonds necessary to bind family members together so that the family may once again become the primary building block for a healthy society.

Actually, my hope is far deeper than to find agreement on how to deal with gay relationships and to decide if gay sex is «sin» or not.

By focusing on premarital sex rather than on whether people love one another before marriage or if they have a relationship before marriage, the church makes sex the most important aspect of any relationship.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

He does a much better job of emphasizing mutuality in sexual relationships than he has in the past, (though I've never quite understood why so many complemementarians insist on hierarchal - based relationships in which wives submit to their husbands «in everything,» while simultaneously acknowledging the importance of mutuality when it comes to sex... but that's a topic for another day).

But rather than referring to same - sex relationships, the phrase «strange flesh» seems to refer to the attempts to rape angels instead of humans.

While it usually makes the assumption that homosexual orientation is much more a given than a free choice, even more fundamentally this position rests upon the conviction that same - sex relationships are fully capable of expressing God's humanizing intentions.

Rather than lapsing into shamed silence the Church should redouble her efforts: she should direct her attention to this area and should allocate substantial resources to sex and relationships education, to dynamic programmes that meet the complicated pastoral challenges in the field of sexual education in order to provide young people with a healthy vision of human sexuality.

I had wondered how politically savvy supporters of «gay marriage» would react to the recent statement entitled «Beyond Same - Sex Marriage,» and how they would respond to my posting last week calling attention to the fact that the statement follows through on the logic of demands for legal recognition of same - sex unions by endorsing relationships involving multiple (i.e., more than two) sex partneSex Marriage,» and how they would respond to my posting last week calling attention to the fact that the statement follows through on the logic of demands for legal recognition of same - sex unions by endorsing relationships involving multiple (i.e., more than two) sex partnesex unions by endorsing relationships involving multiple (i.e., more than two) sex partnesex partners.

Such material should be rejected as pornographic when its fundamental message is degrading and exploitative and when it treats sex as an object for use rather than as a medium of human relationship.

Many of us see men as being more likely than women to prefer recreational sex, to value sex over relationships, to be «players» wanting no - strings sex and to seek multiple partners — and to a certain extent and in some instances, that may be true.

We all «know» that women aren't good at casual sex, «only» have affairs for love, are biologically disinterested in sex, and that, more so than men, «need» and thrive in a monogamous relationship.

Beyond that, many women have a complicated relationship with their body: «Many women are dissatisfied with their appearance and weight, are less satisfied with their appearance than men and are more likely than men to be self - conscious about their bodies during sex.

But now I daught he loves me Cs he doesn't listen or take take what I advise him with in practice he sleeps the whole day he just eat and sleep I just want the advise to knw if is he commited to dis relationship or not cs he does nt help me with household either i have to come back to wrk at 8 pm and cook he eats after want sex and sleep a hardly gets rest if i try to tell him he just laugh and tell me he will look for thr job next month even if i give him firections he says i do nt knw the place it seems like he wants me to bby seat him.if i tell him how i feel he gets angry a do nt knw if its a sign of hm nnot wanting a future bright with me or what pls help me or maybe he things bcs he is youger than me him job is to sleeps with me if i denies him sex he gets angry pls help i want to knw if maybe im being too hard to him or what

Basically, at this point, other than for sex, I ignore women, because I know any early steps in a relationship ends with a grimace on her part when she finds out I live in a basement.

I am lucky enough to be in a wonderful relationship with a woman who's sex drive is quite a lot higher than mine.

Honesty is a huge part of a relationship, yet you argue that cheating is less risky for men as far relationship stability (than telling them they want sex with others?).

Young males are less knowledgeable about sex and relationships than young females, but value the information more highly when it is provided to them (Blenkinsop et al, 2004)

A new study finds that same - sex couples tend to communicate better, share chore duties more fairly and assign tasks based on personal preference — rather than gender, income, hours worked or power position in the relationship.

A couple that agrees to have sex with others has an entirely different relationship than couples that don't agree but experience non-monogamy anyway.

Marriage without sex and physical affection is nothing more than a contractually - binding friendship that absent of an equal share of housework and income is a lopsided agreement, always favoring the party who has backed out of the sexual and physical affection aspect of the relationship (barring reasons such as a failure to maintain physical appearance, substance abuse, or unwarranted infidelity).

It is a whole behaviour, a special relationship between the mother and her child that is more than breastmilk, in the same way that love is more than sex.

More recently, Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Mike Aaron Oquaye, said that he would rather resign than preside over any debate on the floor of Parliament about same - sex relationships.

«Andrea Leadsom suggests an age guidance rating for sex and relationship education materials Main It won more than 100,000 signatures but Backbench Business Committee denies a debate to Robert Halfon's petrol prices petition»

In basic analyses reported in the paper, there were several other factors in the study that also predicted a greater likelihood of adopting PrEP: older age, higher perception of HIV risk, sex (either protected or not) with partners outside the main relationship, and having less than a bachelor's degree level of education.

The relationship between WCR and intraabdominal fat mass is stronger for intraabdominal SAT in younger women than men; but in menopausal women, the associations become more similar to the male patterns in cross-sectional analysis testing for sex and age differences (24).

Women, especially those who were not in a current relationship, were more likely than men to report lack of interest in sex.

Finally, the team identified key sex differences in the relationship between diet, adiposity (fat), and insulin sensitivity, where females seem to be less vulnerable to adverse effects of adiposity than males.

Although I'm still single, in this time I've learned more about love, sex, and relationships than I have during years of actual relationships and dating.

Making sure that men and women get a broad sexual and relationship education — rather than limiting sex ed to instructions for preventing unplanned pregnancy and other negative consequences — could help couples form more intimate bonds and feel more comfortable discussing sensitive topics, they add.

Those who had been with their partner for more than a year were more likely to report a tanked sex drive than those in newer relationships.

Still, we keep seeing each other on the PG (sometimes, PG - 13) level, and eventually — after many, many conversations on the topic — I decide it's actually pretty nice to settle into a new relationship without the confusion of what I call «the sex haze,» a phenomenon that's led me down the wrong path on more than one occasion.

In our most recent DatingAdvice.com study, we asked more than 1,000 Americans if «bad sex» would end a relationship for them, and we got some surprising responses.

Although survey participants seemed convinced about the importance of intimacy for a healthy relationship, those that had gone without sex showed surprising commitment: of the 38 % who have previously been in a non-sexual dating relationship, as many as 50 % had stayed with their partner for more than one year.

And what better a birthday present, than being shortlisted by the best magazine in the country for Sex and Relationship Advice, in one of the most competitive Blogger Awards of the year.