Sentences with phrase «so than sex»

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Perhaps this is why so many people are having more sex than ever.

(Wilcox does not mention the recent and widely publicized finding that evangelical wives have better sex lives with their husbands than religiously unaffiliated do with theirs, but it seems to follow that this would be so.)

And Family Research Council President Tony Perkins says the last time his conservative Christian movement saw so many victories at the state level — where many legislatures are busy passing new abortion restrictions - was in 2004, when more than a dozen states adopted same - sex marriage bans.

No book better dissects the issues - beneath - the - issues at these Synods than this brilliant analysis of the sexual revolution, i.e., «the destigmatization and demystification of nonmarital sex and the reduction of sexual relations in general to a kind of hygienic recreation in which anything goes so long as those involved are consenting adults.»

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.

To make the latter claim is to run counter to the approach of much popular and well - intentioned Catholic thought, thought that has tended to so exalt the goodness of sex that it has often seemed to imply that marriage is for sex rather than sex being for family.

Second, restricting marriage by sex is no less egregious than doing so by race.

More than a few «conservatives» have endorsed same - sex marriage, and even invoked conservative principles in doing so.

Transvestite — wears the clothes traditionally associated with the opposite sex; may be more committed to doing so than a cross-dresser.

Feminism challenges the legitimacy of sex roles Along with other social movements, feminism is rooted in the critique that a society so constructed that certain people and groups profit from inequalities — between men and women, rich and poor, black and white, etc. — is a society in which money is more highly valued than love, justice, and human life itself.

(1 Corinthians 6: 18 - 20) In fact, it actually tells us to «flee sexual immorality,» so values around sex go further than just sleeping together.

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.

And some gay people feel that gay sex is wrong (and many have at some point in their lives), so they are clearly capable of taking a moral stand on the issue (without the physical components of their brains being any different than someone who makes a different choice).

So though my ideal church would permit questioning, * real * questioning that leads to conversations, discussions and inquiry, rather than pat answers — include teachers of all sexes (female, male, intersex) and of all gender expressions and sexual orientations, it would by definition exclude a bunch of people.

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).

N.T. Wright no more likened same - sex «marriage» advocates to Nazis and Communists than I am likening her to a planetary body in the following analogy: as the moon orbits the earth, so the mind of Ms. Moon orbits an empty space devoid of logic.

And the same should go for anyone who says they are saved if they are sinning and letting everyone know it, which includes all sexual immorality, including having sex before a couple is married, drunkards, slanderers, gossips, thieves, swindlers, idolators, adulterers, and men who have sex with other men, etc... So ultimately, many Jesus followers accept certain sin of all types because they care more about what the world thinks, than what God thinks.

(Wait, they can disagree but only if it is to take a more strict rather than less strict view — the people who think one drink is sin are allow to say so where the couple who think sex outside of legal marriage isn't sin aren't allowed to say so.)

Then, as Joshua Harris wrote in Sex Is Not the Problem (Lust Is), create a customized plan for yourself before you get into the way of temptation, so you can be preventative, rather than having an emergency always.

It's impossible to grow up in a culture so obsessed with sex — and unbiblical ideas about it — without two things becoming very apparent: Sex is far more powerful than we imagined, andsex — and unbiblical ideas about it — without two things becoming very apparent: Sex is far more powerful than we imagined, andSex is far more powerful than we imagined, and...

There are few things that arouse the emotions of race fans more than the equine members of the so - called weaker sex, especially when they take on the boys and beat them.

So rather than focus on the many issues — sex, marriage, infidelity, drugs and alcohol, unemployment, nonmarital childbirth etc. — the book addresses, I want to explore the idea of community as a force of good (and sometimes bad).

So, yes, people marry with an expectation of sex, but few people talk about how they will handle things if one or the other loses interest in sex especially since that happens more frequently than not.

We've had laws that criminalize sex with anyone other than your spouse, oral and anal sex, gay sex, sex with the lights on, sex toys, so on and so forth.

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.

Denied marriage for so long, same - sex couples tend to view cohabitation through a different lens than heteros.

About 93 percent of us say faithfulness is a must to make a marriage successful — even more so than having a happy sex life, sharing household chores, and having similar passions and interests.

Sleep deprivation is the top challenge for families, say 62 percent of the parents surveyed — more so than lack of time (48 percent), money (34 percent), or sex (26 percent).

The lie was so much better than the truth about what was really going on in our bedroom, which was a fair amount of sex, but not much in the way of baby - making.

If you're only nursing occasionally and supplementing with formula, you'll need contraception sooner than six weeks postpartum if you plan to have sex during that time, so you may want to start the minipill at three weeks after delivery.

Truth be told, I think any woman who thinks her husband is being selfish by having a need for affection (which is so much more than just sex!)

It's not implantation bleeding unless you are pregnant so more than likely it was ovulation which it says it's normal if you spot during and your body is preparing to have to a baby should you have sex

To me, I'm so much more than my sex appeal.

But children are different, they don't have the capacity to even understand sex and so wouldn't think that breastfeeding was anything more than food and comfort.

Religious people always seem so much more obsessed with sex than everyone else.

In fact, voters are so dissatisfied with the governor's performance that a majority — 51 % — say they would prefer his sex scandal - plagued predecessor, Eliot Spitzer, be in office than he.

Owing to a quirk of ant reproductive biology, the female workers are three times more closely related to the queen's female offspring than they are to the males, so, in theory, the female workers should skew the sex ratio in favor of females.

Certain conditions affect one sex more than the other, he notes, so «if the genetics of a cell affects the progress of a disease, it might suggest specific causes or treatments for disease.»

Most people clear the infection naturally faster than they change sex partners, so don't spread the bug.

If anything could be more embarrassing than dying while having sex, it might be being preserved in flagrante delicto for millions of years so that members of an advanced species could dig you up, gawk at you, and write a journal paper about your final romantic encounter.

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The «necks for sex» idea also helps explain why giraffes have extended their necks so much more than their legs.

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As with so many issues related to the sexes, cause of death is determined much more by social factors than by biology (small graphs).

Although we stray from the path more often than we care to admit, human society is all about the age - old business of boy meets girl and sets up home under a roof, so much so that it explains such things as the size of our testicles, the manifest oddities of the female reproductive system, and why we prefer to have sex in private.

Not so for the blue - capped cordon - bleu, apparently, because the dances varied more from bird to bird than from one sex to the other.

«I've learned that making love is so much more than the physical act of having sex.

But, for those who can't or prefer not to take estrogen, plenty of alternatives are readily available at the local drugstore, so menopause can actually be the start of a better - than - ever sex life.

My point here is that most people think they're supposed to be having more sex than they're actually having, and they believe this so thoroughly that they're willing to lie about their sex lives — even in anonymous studies like the GSS.

There, the researchers found another not - so - big surprise: Men had orgasms during casual sex far more often than women.