What Men Want in Sex?
Well, a title like "what men want in sex" is, to some extent, a come-on. I don't think anyone can say what "men" want in sex, despite many efforts to…
My Generous Wife!
One theme in this website’s musings has been the sexual differences between men and women, with husbands typically wanting to have relations more often than wives. This can lead to…
Self-Gift or Self-Centered?
One problem that arises from differences between the sexes regarding the frequency of marital relations is this: the tension regarding how often to make love can exacerbate the tendency of…
The Gasp
The Gasp! There is much written about the alleged limits of sexual stimulation of a women by sexual intercourse (penetration and thrusting), as opposed, for example, to manual stimulation, with…
Looking Into or Looking At?
Looking into Eyes Let me ask this question: which is "more important"? To look into a woman's eyes or to look at her breasts? Looking at Breasts Notice the interesting…
The Perennial Issue in Marriage, Again
It is a commonplace observation that men are often frustrated that their wives are not more interested in marital relations (that is, as interested as they are). Men would like…
How Important is the Sexual Satisfaction of a Wife?
[This is an expansion of a brief comment on a good post at catholicintimacy.com.] The answer to this question is simple: a wife's sexual satisfaction is really important, and, fortunately,…
Sexual Differences: Men, Women, and Sexual Desire
Of all the features of sexuality that dominate day-to-day married life, one of the most important is a sort of mismatch in sexual desire between most men and women. As…
Lying with the Body
Finding echoes of the “Theology of the Body” in an unexpected place: the notion that "lying with the body is not always easy -- that the sexual activity of the…
How Unique We Are
My wife and I were watching a tv show tonight, in which one woman takes the place of another who has just died. The imposter goes to the dead girl's…