Sentences with phrase «sex is in relationships»

As potent as sex is in relationships, what makes it more challenging is not being able to talk about it freely with others.

Talk about how you view the connection and how important sex is in the relationship (s) you seek.

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All the same, there is an undeniable stigma around people who are in a relationship but might not be into sex, which means that people aren't talking about it as much as they could be.

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 relationshiIn 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 relationshiin sex about a year into a relationship.

«The reality for many same - sex couples who are divorcing is that they had relationships in place prior to the marriage — some for many, many years,» said Joyce Kauffman, principal of Kauffman Law & Mediation in Roslindale, Massachusetts.

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

Frequently, in Moffit's experience, these platonic relationships are soured when sex gets in the way.

Will the SEC take this opportunity to clarify that same - sex couples in civil unions, domestic partnerships, and similar legal relationships intended to give them at least some of the economic benefits of marriage, are «spouses» to one another, and thus eligible for the alternative accredited investor qualification standard made available to persons who are married (with the Supreme Court's recent decision striking down Section 3 of DOMA, it is already clear that persons in same - sex marriages are «spouses» to one another)?

The latter fact is the likely inspiration for Marnie's relationship with the fictitious, sexually aggressive artist Booth Jonathan, a storyline that spurs several graphic scenes (though Williams's most salacious sex scene thus far may be the one she performed alone in season one).

Liberal MLA Mary Polak (Langley) was instrumental as a Surrey School Board trustee in banning gay - positive books from Surrey Schools: The book ban was later struck down by the Supreme Court of Canada which said «instead of proceeding on the basis of respect for all types of families, the Board proceeded on an exclusionary philosophy, acting on the concern of certain parents about the morality of same - sex relationships, without considering the interest of same - sex parented families and the children who belong to them in receiving equal recognition and respect in the school system.»

You can't say «we accept you» but we reject the fact that you are in a loving, monogamous relationship with someone of the same sex.

However, I do know that in America there is a kind of religious or cultural feeling against anal sex even in heterosexual relationships.

Much as I would like to think otherwise, it would probably have been harder on people if she initially came to our church in a same - sex relationship.

The fact is, if there is sex involved in a gay relationship: sin ----------- If sex is involved in a non-married heterolsexual relationship: sin.

Sex in addition to friendship creates a really lasting bond in a relationship — one that is hard to break.

So, I would argue with both of you that most (not all) of the men who are «just in it for the sex» are as gay as those in long - term relationships... they're just in a different state of self - acceptance.

I know in the past there have been issues with contraception and sex for procreation only, but I personally don't have problems with contraception and non-procreative sex in a marriage relationship.

So the lesbian couple who left sex far behind them aren't in sin even though they're in a long term committed love relationship and the two elderly gentlemen who no longer have sex are also not in sin, and yet these are homosexual relationships between people who choose to share their lives.

It's fine, Steve, for you to believe «unrepentant gays» (for example, people who choose to live as God created them, in committed same - sex relationships) are going to hell.

Craig Campbell was told his views on same - sex relationships were incompatible with the ethos of South Coast Baptist College near Perth in Western Australia.

Mr Schaefer, who has been in a same - sex relationship for four - and - a-half years, attended St John's in his younger years and remains a member.

«I mean I've worked with so many gay and lesbian young people, and to be honest I've had contacts with people in same - sex relationships who've said: «Felix, what you said, I'm not offended at all».

It also found believers were almost evenly split on whether gay relationships are sinful or not, with 49.6 % believing «people in same - sex relationships should be fully embraced and encouraged» and 50.4 % saying «being in a same - sex relationship should bring with it some bar or sanction to full participation in church life.»

Equally eyebrow - raising is his linking of contraception to the breakdown of families, female impoverishment, trouble in the relationship between the sexes, and single motherhood.

The shift in our understanding of sex from a sacramental and life - changing encounter to the thing you do with your friends when you're bored has made all of our relationships shallower and made each of us less capable of the profound gift of self on which marriage is founded.

The thing that people tend to forget, is that in humans, sex is usually only part of a relationship that includes it.

Her new album will be released in May, and she has revealed that she has been in a same - sex relationship for the past eight years.

I think about the teacher who was kind and encouraging to me when I was a teenager in need of encouragement and would like to know how her multi-decades-long loving committed monogamous relationship with her same sex partner is remotely bad for society or bad for them.

The kind of relationships between two consenting adults of the same sex demonstrably abounding among us — relationships that are responsible and mutual, affirming and fulfilling — are not dealt with in the Scriptures.

There's no shortage of voices in our culture when it comes to love, and they speak quite authoritatively on all matters of love and romance: What to value in a relationship, how to handle conflict, what real love looks like, the importance of sex and so on.

And I see no reason why the self - sacrificing love of Jesus can not be modeled in a committed same - sex relationship as well as it can be modeled in a committed heterosexual relationship.

The view that same - sex relationships are wrong is not one that will be tolerated in public life.

(See Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5) I chose this particular book because I think it provides the most accessible and personal introduction to the biblical and historical arguments in support of same - sex relationships, and because Matthew is a theologically conservative Christian who affirms the authority of Scripture and who is also gay.

«Sex is for fully committed relationships because it is to be a foretaste of the joy that comes from being in complete union with God.

If we found our life on sex as meaning we will soon be distraught at the deterioration of age, the changes in relationships, times when it can't be had, ect.

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.

This is one of the reasons why artificialcontraception has had such damage upon marriages and relationships: the couple deliberately withhold their fertility and so no longer give themselves completely to each other; in doing this they deny not just the meaning of sex itself but they also subtract from loving one of its «givens» - the orientation towards giving oneself completely to one's spouse.

Will they deny that Christ - imitating, self - sacrificing love is indeed present in many same - sex relationship and continue to advocate against ensuring gay couples can visit one another in the hospital?

If there is no love in a relationship, no amount of sex will create it.

FYI — re spiritual / legal wife — I would not equate this with polyamory as this relationship structure has been explained to me by people in sex positive cultures.

«Within a few months the relationship became physical, which I was conflicted about because I didn't believe in sex before marriage.

But when used in the context of same - sex relationships, this phrase can be deeply hurtful.

Sex is just one aspect of the many facets in our relationship.

Inheritance in Islam is based on the blood relationship of parents, brothers and sisters, and children, and on the marriage relationship of husband and wife, without regard for sex or age in the right of inheritance.

For Catholic schools to be a worthwhile enterprise for the Church, they must survive and flourish as institutions where pupils grow in a «personal relationship with Jesus» which includes following the teaching of Jesus, through His Church, that we should attend Mass every Sunday, go to confession regularly, say our prayers and be loyal to the magisterium - especially in its moral teaching regarding the sanctity of human life, and the meaning and purpose of sex and marriage, in accord with Humanae Vitae and Evangelium Vitae.

Last school year, 40 of the 321 colleges in California that were eligible for Cal Grants had policies the bill would prevent, like requiring biological bathroom use or preventing same - sex relationships.

The enrichment and joy of human relationships in sex has been denied its importance.

A straight person is not someone who thinks they are attracted only to the opposite sex, it is someone who acts on that by being in a relationship with someone of the opposite sex.

There is a hint in Mr Dell's letter that he does not see condition of being attracted to a sexual relationship with someone of the same sex as in itself wounded.