Sex and Commitment

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or a need that must be gratified. Many would argue that most of the people that believe in sex without commitment are men. There is evidence that this belief is well founded. According to a book entitled "What Women Want-What Men Want: Why the Sexes Still See Love and Commitment So Differently" men and women have very different sexual needs. The book documents the experience of a 24-year-old woman and her sexual experiences. The woman explains that she has had sexual intercourse with 24 men in the last five years. She asserts that the men she has dated do not want a commitment and only want to engage in sex. She explains,
"Joan cannot understand why men apparently do not need the same things she needs in order to enjoy sexual relations. She wants sexual intercourse to be part of a relationship that includes affection, caring, verbal intimacy, and sexual fidelity. Her partners, on the other hand, appear to enjoy intercourse for its own sake, without these accompaniments. ...

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Freedom

A book on issues of feminism and sexual philosophy asserts that noncommittal sex is a form of freedom. The book explains that sex is a form of expression that can be noncommittal if both parties so desire. (Defries) The book also explains that noncommittal sex and promiscuity can be used interchangeably.
"Promiscuity asserts a freedom from the obligation within or without marriage to 'love, honor, and obey' and a freedom to engage in sex with any peer who agrees. These refusals to issue promissory notes for affection and support throughout an indefinite future and to issue a guarantee of sexual exclusivity are promiscuity's most significant departures from the ...

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