Sentences with phrase «sexual life pattern»

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Here the Supreme Court began to set in legal concrete the notion that sexual morals and patterns of family life are matters of private choice or taste, not matters of public concern in which the state has a legitimate interest.

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.

From this standpoint, the task of intelligence in relation to sex is not to master it or to control it in the way of earlier restrictive patterns of life, but to discover means of securing maximum sexual satisfaction for all people.

Indeed, in a culture in which this is the norm, the need may be more for helping young people develop patterns of responsible sexual behavior at this stage of their lives than simply condemning all such activity equally.

As we have said, it is very likely that the area of sexual morality is central here, not only because it has to do with a problem of such striking contemporary relevance but because it follows from the significant role which sexuality plays in the total pattern of human life.

No love, whether it be the ethical love of neighbour, or the love in the sexual life, or the love of God for man, is a «thing», a static pattern or form.

Artist Edie Fake's lecture The Sexual Life of Patterns explores the concept of «the weave» in relation to textiles, gender, and the trans body.

Research across various animal species suggests that early caregiving experiences shape patterns of sexual attraction later in life.

Across these studies our pattern of results suggests that those who are higher in sexual growth beliefs — who think sex takes work — are more satisfied in their sex lives and overall relationships.

Couples often seek counseling to assist them with the following: communication difficulties, intimacy, emotional expressiveness, alternatives to separation or divorce, promoting family cohesiveness and cooperation, cooperative parenting, affairs, conflict resolution, sexual difficulties, balancing relationships and family responsibilities, time management to enhance couple intimacy and satisfaction, improve marital satisfaction, couple enrichment, strengthening partnership and committment, improving the quality of life as a couple, enhancing romantic love, learning to prioritize the marriage, couples communication assessment, exploring patterns of interaction, the development of healthy patterns of communication and behavior for new couples as they strive to build a strong foundation of love, learning how to speak with respect and understanding with their partners, avoiding abusive and toxic interactions.

By the time I see these couples in my office, familiar patterns have often emerged, with the higher desire partner generally blaming the lower desire partner for their failing sex life and the lower desire partner defending him or herself and or criticizing their partner's approach to sexual intimacy.

A mental health professional might also assist with the exploration of the sexual history of the person in treatment and examine any patterns and rituals in that person's life that may contribute to the addiction.

There is a consistent pattern indicating that incarcerated Indigenous women have been victims of assault and sexual assault at some time in their lives.