You may have come to a point in your marriage
where sexual intimacy isn't happening any longer.
Not exact matches
In a social context
where the default position of most people is a crude mixture of utilitarianism and relativism, we need to reiterate the intrinsic wrongfulness of certain actions (e.g. killing the innocent), and the intrinsic goodness of other actions (consensual
sexual intimacy in marriage).
We live in a world
where media serves as a strong teacher;
where, since the advent of the
sexual revolution, the true meaning of
sexual intimacy has been lost.
One has NO moral leg to stand upon, within the context of marriage,
where each spouse is to be the SOLE SUPPLIER of
intimacy and
where each is expected to labor under the rules of
sexual fidelity FOR LIFE - to insist upon chastity for the other spouse.
In Africa and Asia,
where the bacterium spreads through hand - eye contact among children rather than
sexual intimacy, it is a leading cause of blindness.
In our 2015 regulatory round - up (here), we described the ongoing dispute arising in the Trinity Western cases,
where three professional regulatory bodies — law societies in three provinces (B.C., Ontario and Nova Scotia)-- refused to accredit a religious university which required that students sign a «community covenant» requiring that they abstain from
sexual intimacy outside of marriage between one man and one woman.
The emails disclosed an ongoing relationship
where both parties were more than interested in
sexual contact and showed that even after the alleged dates of the
sexual assaults, the complainant sought
intimacy with R.A. even though R.A. made it clear the he wanted no more contact.
Sexual intimacy is a big part of relationships and for those couples
where one, or both partners, have physical touch as a Love Language, sex can be a form of how they show that love.
Sexual intimacy is a big part of relationships and for those couples
where one, or both partners, have physical touch as a
Many married women consider an emotional affair by their husband,
where there is an emotional connection without physical
intimacy, to be a much more threatening form of infidelity than one with
sexual relations.
Husbands view
intimacy as a time
where they can connect with their wives at a very intimate
sexual level.
another 20 % of couples have «emotional affairs» or infidelity
where there is no
sexual contact (so no adultery), but a disruption in the emotional
intimacy of the couple (internet affairs go here).
Barbara explained that in order to have a fulfilling and truly intimate
sexual connection, a couple not only need the eroticism, but they both have to get vulnerable with each other — that that's
where the closeness and connection ie
intimacy truly comes from.
There's a big difference between sex addiction and regular porn consumption, he says, adding, «If I'm treating a 40 - year - old man who's in a relationship
where there's not enough
sexual intimacy, and he's masturbating a lot to pornography, I don't automatically assume that's a porn issue.»
It is an
intimacy disorder,
where a person uses
sexual activity in a search for connection, attention, or love.