“There are many options in a marriage. If the couple has been together for a certain amount of time and has a certain amount of liberalism or life experience, it could be the kind of relationship in which one partner ventures into the occasional affair, which is then forgiven. This only happens every 13 years on average, but it obviously does occur.” IfsYearsKindDoeHas BeensHappensTogetherCertainAmountCoupleAffairAveragePartnersLiberalismLife ExperienceVentureForgivenOccasional Author:Volkmar Sigusch
“The social problem is that we haven't come up with any alternative models. Our culture hasn't developed an ars erotica. Think, for example, of conditions in India or in Japanese culture and of how the erotic has been cultivated there. They're not as clinical and rabbit-like as we are.” ThinkingHas BeensProblemCultureSocialConditionsHavensExampleModelsIndiaCome UpAlternativesEroticRabbitsSocial ProblemsClinicalsJapanese Culture Author:Volkmar Sigusch
“Key feature of sexual revolution is the large-scale publication and commercialization of details that were once secret. Sexuality has been trivialized. The interesting thing about this is that exaggerated portrayals apparently destroy desire more effectively than any repression.” Has BeensDesireInterestingSecretRevolutionKeysDetailsSexualityScalesFeaturesRepressionInteresting ThingsPublicationExaggeratedLarge ScalePortrayalSexual RevolutionCommercialization Author:Volkmar Sigusch