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what is sex (really) ?

ReedNotRed
ReedNotRed
Not sure where to begin, but hopefully we get some series conversation going. Even though I'm coming from a male, heterosexual perspective, I would luv to hear from females, homosexual, etc perspectives as well.

Basically what is (the act of) sex? feel free to answer from a physical, emotional, sexual experience/ view...
deleted_user
deleted_user
Different people have different thoughts on what sex is. Some people feel oral, anal, manual stimulating each other, etc. isn't sex. I've heard people (mostly young girls) say they do everything else sexually with their b/f except sex (intercourse) because they don't believe in having sex before marriage or until their in-love. They don't consider oral sex, hand jobs, etc. to be sex. I'll never understand why they think that way but everyone is entitled to their opinion.

Sex to me is so much more than just intercourse. Intercourse to me is just one kind of sex out of many different kinds. Foreplay, anal, oral, touching each other sexually (doesn't even have to be genital touching), boob sex, using sex toys on each other, it's all sex IMO.
MadameXXX
MadameXXX
Sex is just fucking and using another person for your own pleasure.
koolman
koolman
Sex begins with oxytocin, a chemical secreted in the brain, from two human beings touching one another. If that touch feels good, that chemical is secreted, which leads to human beings wanting to touch each other more.