The Relationship Between Love And Sex

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The Relationship between Love and Sex Many people say that sex and love go hand in hand, but if that were true, we’d all be having sex with people we loved and live happily ever after. Yet, that is not the truth in today’s day in age. Every day, people are getting divorced or cheating on their significant other, among other things. Some people say that sex and love can exist together while others say that they can exist independently. Many of these debates have led to men being accused of an overly eager sex drive, and little emotional stability, but while that can ring true for some men, women are becoming more and more the same. It’s so hard to untangle love and sex from each other in today’s society, because of everyone’s different beliefs. There are some people who believe that sex is just sex, that it’s a natural need for everyone therefore it can happen with anyone. Then there are people who believe that sex should only happen with somebody who you love, and who loves you back in order to make the experience more enjoyable, and there are also the people who believe that sex should only happen after marriage. Because of all these different views on the relationship between love and sex, is there any way that we can say for sure that one is better than the other, or that the two are joined? Are we able to love someone we are not sexually attracted too, and are we able to be intimate with someone who we do not feel for emotionally? I guess a lot of it boils down to attractiveness. What each person deems as attractive, because once you’re attracted to someone sexually it’s quite hard to get them off your mind. Research shows that physical attractiveness is one of the major determinants of interpersonal and sexual attraction. In fact, according to Wilson (Human Sexuality in a World of Diversity), physical appearance is the key factor in consideration of
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