Sex Therapy Argumentative Essay

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Has this question ever entered yours (or your spouse's) mind? Are our friends having more sex than we do? Do any other couples have this problem where one partner has high desire, and the other one doesn't? There must be something really wrong with us! Everyone wants sex all the time, don't they? The answer is "not necessarily". More than 40 million Americans feel stuck in low-sex or no sex marriages. Research studies tell us that 1 in 3 women and 1 in 7 men reported little to no sexual desire. At some given time in a marriage more than 50% of couples experience one or both partners with minimal desire for sex.

Issues regarding desire are the most common issue of couples in sex therapy. Many times this is the unspoken complaint of couples entering relationship therapy. First I rule out any physical or biological medical problems. Given this, it is recommended to make an appointment with your general medical doctor, or get a referral from your sex therapist, a board certified sexologist. Your therapist will recommend that the medical doctor run a …show more content…

We're afraid of not doing it "right", like in movies and books. "Right" would be intercourse, with both parties craving each other all the time and having simultaneous orgasms every time they're intimate. In other words, "being all over each other 24 hours a day. Wrong! Healthy sexuality means giving and receiving touching that is pleasurable. Sexuality and intimacy may include 1001 different modes of showing love and affection for one another. There is no one "right way" of making love. The optimal experience would be that of being together, with no "editing" of the respective partner. In other words, take your time, experiment, kiss, touch, and take time to build up the level of excitement with one another. If there is always an ultimate goal of an absolute outcome...surely one of you is likely to be

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