tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022155343754584545.post3707989500092930286..comments2023-01-06T02:23:43.156-08:00Comments on The Meaning of Virtue: Decline of marriage in graphical formAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12015621517120698733noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022155343754584545.post-35566573371023886372012-06-17T03:09:09.634-07:002012-06-17T03:09:09.634-07:00I think intimacy is the biggest issue that confron...I think intimacy is the biggest issue that confronts a generation that thinks "hooking up" is not only normal, but the right thing to do. Why would you ever marry someone that you are having sex with, but not dating? Courtship seems to be less and less important, except in singles wards and BYU campuses. ;-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13655197693521484077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022155343754584545.post-80812519664940422212011-08-16T00:22:29.013-07:002011-08-16T00:22:29.013-07:00That is a highly distorted version of the past. I ...That is a highly distorted version of the past. I don't condone treating women as property, but to treat such degrading circumstances as normal in the past is not correct. <br /><br />But history aside, I am talking about a lot more than just sex for itself. If the beauty is nothing more than sex and skin, then I expect you are right. I am talking about a great deal more than that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12015621517120698733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022155343754584545.post-2853402505358919152011-08-16T00:18:12.233-07:002011-08-16T00:18:12.233-07:00Better yet, have sex before marriage. And no, it ...Better yet, have sex before marriage. And no, it doesn't take years to learn to please someone. Basic education on the sexual response of men and women would help. People who aren't raised with shame for their bodies and guilt for sexual expression don't have the same issues that puritan-like religious people have. What kind of boring sex are you having? I say, good. Let ChemicalEngineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12586765502321041466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022155343754584545.post-14315508390237958472011-05-11T17:21:29.241-07:002011-05-11T17:21:29.241-07:00If the decline of marriage is related to sex, then...If the decline of marriage is related to sex, then I think that marriages need to be infused with sex! Find a way to inject excitement into marital sex because married couples who know each other's bodies well should be the most able to please each other sexually. If this is not happening, the solution isn't to scrap the whole thing and start over because it will take the new couple Melissa Jones, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15793383801827541559noreply@blogger.com