PHL243H1 Chapter Notes -Theodor Reik, Grzegorz Kosok, Masturbation
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There is no logical bridge tying sex and love together in this case if they are totally different, there is no reason to think they would complement each other. One problem is that the way we view a person we love is different than the way we view a person sexually. In lust, we see specific body parts and find them attractive, whereas in love, the whole is more than the sum of its parts and we do not see the body as an object. But if sexual arousal simply consists of people objectifying each other, then two people who love each other and have sex wouldn"t differ from two people who don"t love each other and have sex. This would mean that love has nothing to do with the act of sex and does not play into the experience at all.
