Not coincidentally, this entire emotional history plays itself out in the physicality of sex. The body is the purest, most primal tool we have for communicating. As Roland Barthes wrote, “What language conceals is said through my body. My body is a stubborn child; my language is a very civilized adult.” The body is our mother tongue—our mediator wi
... See moreNot coincidentally, this entire emotional history plays itself out in the physicality of sex. The body is the purest, most primal tool we have for communicating. As Roland Barthes wrote, “What language conceals is said through my body. My body is a stubborn child; my language is a very civilized adult.” The body is our mother tongue—our mediator with the world long before we speak our first words. From the moment we come into being, love flows from adult to child sensuously—and I dare say erotically as well.
good sex is just a conversation that doesn't require words
rachel (aka “x’s venus”) • Tweet
On one level, a couple’s emotional and sexual life can seem strangely unrelated. Couples who are emotionally close may be sexually inhibited, while estranged or acrimonious ones may only have a good sex life keeping them together.
Michael J. Bader • Arousal
Sex becomes both a way to illuminate conflicts and confusion around intimacy and desire and a way to begin to heal these destructive splits.