INQ120D
Living an Examined Life

Activity 14

Why We Enjoy Sex

Why do people make love (with people)?

  1. Emotional Closeness
  2. Physical Pleasure
  3. Enhance Self-Esteem
  4. Nurture
  5. Feel Partner’s Power
  6. Reassurance
  7. Self-Protection
  8. Stress Reduction
  9. Feel One’s Own Power
  10. To Manipulate the Partner

  11. To Have Children

  12. To Please My Partner
  13. To Express Love
  14. To Have Fun
  15. To Feel Close Emotionally
  16. To Feel Loved
  17. Because My Partner Wants Me to
  18. To Reduce Tension
  19. Becuase I Want New Experiences
  20. To Avoid Boredom
  21. Because I Feel I Just Have to Even When I Don’t Want to
  22. For Conquest
  23. Because I’m Drunk
  24. To Express Domination and Power
  25. Because I’m High

  26. To Have Children

  27. For Pure Pleasure
  28. To Express Emotional Closeness
  29. To Please Your Partner
  30. Becuase Your Partner Wants to
  31. To Relieve Sexual Tension
  32. To Reproduce

  33. For Conquest

Physical pleasure

Howard Stern and The Celine RealDoll

What makes a person seductive?

  1. Display a good sense of humor
  2. Sympathetic to troubles
  3. Show good manners
  4. smile a lot
  5. encouraging glances
  6. touching (male only)
  7. make up jokes
  8. strong opinions (male only)

What makes a person susceptible to seduction?

Sex as a Result of Transference