“What is the relationship between romantic love and sexual desire?” Although many people believe otherwise, sexual desire is an emotion, not a biological impulse like thirst. Like love, sexual desire involves evaluative patterns based on attractiveness and a “positive appraisal of personal characteristics,” but emphasizes the former over the latter. This means sexual desire requires us to use less brain power than love, which is, scientifically speaking, a more complex emotion. For some people, love for their spouse actually prohibits them from experiencing the intense pleasure they do with partners who require less personal involvement.Read the entire article here: Ain’t Love Nothing But Sex Misspelled?
Sex in romantic love?