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Readers Respond: How Do You Define Sex?
Responses: 6

By Cory Silverberg, About.com

Updated June 15, 2009

User responses are not monitored by About.com's Medical Review Board.

From the article: What Is Sex?
For some people sex means something you do in a bed with a person you love. For others sex may be a solo romp in the living room. Sex can be defined a thousand ways and there’s no single answer to what sex is, but having a personal definition, and sharing it with others is a good place to start getting more of what you want sexually, however you define it. What’s your definition of sex? What's Your Answer?

Sex is good in the sight of God

Sex and religion may appear to be unlikely bedfellows, but most major religions have a lot to say about sexuality. And besides, saying that sex can be defined in spiritual terms doesn’t have to include organized religion. For some, sex is spiritual because they do feel like it brings them closer to a “higher power.” For others it is their personal religious beliefs that guide their sexual behaviors.
—Guest Rossy

Sex Is...

Sex is an aspect of love that is being practiced within the confines of marriage.
—Guest queen ikhide

What is sex

Sex can be said final destination of bodily touch and love exhibition. The love ends as soon as the game is over. You feel like resting and looking at it no more until you got energy enough to go again.
—Guest Rajendra

What is sex?

Sex is whatever each individual person defines it as. If someone I am attracted to does something to me that might be the same thing as my doctor does to me. One would be sex and the other would not. It has to do with intent.
—Guest Ruth L

Eye of the beholder

I think sex is in the eye (or other organ) of the beholder; you know it when you do it. Trying to define it in terms of certain acts, to make an exhaustive list of things that do or don't count, seems like a futile task.
—Guest Ovaltine

How do you define sex

Sex is a physical response to a love between a husband(man) and wife( woman). If they are Christians then there is a third person involved, Jesus Christ.
—Guest tallytowneades@aol.com

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