the temporal association of increasing intimacy and subsequent sexual desire appears not to be different in women and men. intimacy is hypothesized to serve both as a trigger for sexual desire and as a reward resulting from the experience of sexual arousal and—in particular—of orgasm (basson, 2000). in a national representative u.s. sample of married couples, the incidence and frequency of partnered sexual activity was found to decline over the life course (call et al., 1995). relationship duration will be …

. . the experience of intimacy in heterosexual relationships is further characterized by a gendered view of the link between emotional intimacy and sexual interactions. but this process may unfold in different ways for men and women in same-sex and different-sex couples, particularly if partners in same-sex relationships are more similar to each other in their views of intimacy and the emotion work they do in relation to intimacy. respondents were also asked to discuss how the meanings and experiences …

while this is true to a great extent, a lack of physical intimacy in marriage can wreak havoc on your married life and affect you in numerous ways. being stuck in a platonic relationship and having to deal with your advances being shot down or ignored, time after time, can lead you to doubt your ability to satisfy or please your spouse. being unhappy in a marriage because of the lack of physical touch in a relationship clouds your judgment …

how do you deal with a lack of intimacy when you’re single? this is relevant because once you know that you don’t just get intimacy in one way, you can better deal with the lack of intimacy when you’re single, by finding other ways to still feel it. this is usually the one that springs to mind when we talk about ‘getting intimate’ with a person. when you have intellectual intimacy, you feel like you can discuss anything with a …

one of the great truisms in psychology is the fact that relationships matter to our sense of well-being. two of those stages applied specifically to the college years: identity vs. identity diffusion and intimacy vs. isolation (click on these links to read more about them). our participants were in their late 50s, and we had data from their college years that we could use to predict their scores on identity and intimacy at the earlier intervals when they were in …