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Emotional intimacy may lead to physical intimacy

Sex does not stand alone in a rela­tion­ship and in long-term sexual rela­tion­ships couples need to invest in quality time together.

The candle-lit dinners, soft music and flowers we tend to asso­ciate with romance provide the back­drop for the compan­ion­able aspects of a rela­tion­ship. Emotional intimacy comes from spending intimate time together by sharing conver­sa­tion, humour and friend­ship over dinner, while taking a walk or as Continue reading

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Men’s sexual arousal is usually easy

Young men wake up each morning with an erec­tion and have spon­tan­eous erec­tions throughout the day as sex-related thoughts occur to them or simply as a result of seeing someone they find attractive. A boy has no choice but to learn about his sexual arousal and orgasm but, for women, learning how to orgasm is a much more conscious process.

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Why do women not always appreciate displays of male sexuality?

I have never seen any reason to be embar­rassed about my body. I am pretty. I have sensual skin that browns easily and a sexy figure. My parents were always relaxed about nudity.

So when I was eighteen, out in the South of France for the summer, I enjoyed going top-less sunbathing. Why have those bikini lines that make your breasts look like icebergs? One day, as I Continue reading

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Sexual promiscuity

Renate, a student of twenty-six, liked to be affec­tionate with her male friends but then was bewildered when they inter­preted her hugs as a sexual advance.

A man tends to assume that phys­ical intimacy is a given as soon as a woman shows him any affec­tion. A woman needs time to build the emotional intimacy that causes her to be amen­able to sex.

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Sharing physical intimacy with a partner

I always enjoyed sharing phys­ical intimacy with a lover but this is very different to achieving my own sexual arousal. I always knew that true sexual arousal was missing because I was familiar with orgasm from the very first time that I had sex. Very few women discover female masturb­a­tion so early in their life.

From the very early days, I appre­ci­ated the sensual aspects of Continue reading

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