> It's that they don't have those moments of intimacy that you have with members of the oposite sex, when you're naked or just cuddling. I have not read the pa

> It's that they don't have those moments of intimacy that you have with members of the oposite sex, when you're naked or just cuddling. I have not read the paper yet so I don't know if this idea was captured but I agree the issue is not only about the sex, it's also (maybe even moreso) about intimacy and connection. I wonder to what degree this is an issue brought on by a higher level of education and awareness. I mean there are plenty of loveless marriages and I expect the further in the past you go the more common this was. I can not imagine that at the time when marriages were usually arranged, mostly for economic reasons, there was much love unless they were lucky. There was also just so much inequality contributing to this. I can believe many people were not aware better was possible. Have people become aware that relationships can be more and now find it impossible to settle for less? Edit, just to make it clear, is not necessarily a bad thing. Changing the expectation about what a relationship should be towards one where more things are valued is a good thing. It does however mean we are suffering the consequences of being in the transition period between two value systems.