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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Being married does not mean being celibate. I feel it is quite unreasonable for either partner to downplay or ignore the emotional/sexual needs of the other. If you can’t it won’t fix it, you can divorce, open the marriage or cheat. In the latter case, it’s not fair to call the other person evil b/c they seek elsewhere the comfort you deny. [/quote]

A comedian once said everything in life is about sex. Except sex, which is about power.

People who withhold sex and affection in a marriage are asserting a power over their spouse by denying the one thing their spouse needs and can't ethically get elsewhere. They know their spouse probably won't divorce over it if they have kids. That's part of the reason people have such rapid reactions to infidelity. It shifts the power to the denied spouse and forces the withholding spouse to choose between divorce and staying with a cheater.[/quote]

Maybe some people withhold sex to assert power over their spouse, but my sense is that’s a tiny fraction of sexless marriages.  In most cases, one spouse stops having sex because she (could be a he, but let’s be real, it’s usually the wife) just... doesn’t want sex.  At least not with spouse.  That’s a problem that needs solving if the marriage is to survive, but calling it”withholding” ascribes a level of intent that’s just not there in most cases.  [/quote]

That is really hard for me to believe. Even if you weren't up for penetration, it takes all of 15 minutes to lend an assist. If you don't have that in you once a week, it's because you don't want to please your spouse, not because you lost desire. We do tons of things for our spouses we don't feel like doing. [/quote]

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