“ If you are having a lot of sex, and you are enjoying it, obviously I’m not going to talk you out of it, but in this environment where we vet or measure our relationships by the amount of sex we are having, I think that is disingenuous for people who have lots of other ways to express intimacy. There are a number of things which connect people, but we are constantly spun this line that the glue to a relationship is sex, and without it one’s relationship will fall apart, and I think there are a lot of commercial reasons why that message is put out. That’s not just insulting, it’s pernicious.
Dr Petra Boynton (Life after lust – the appeal of sexless marriage | Life and style | The Guardian)
(via sexisnottheenemy)
