-
Essay / Kinsey's Importance of Love By Alfred Kinsey
Often, people in relationships show their affection through sex. Sometimes people only choose to participate in sexual activities with someone they feel they love. Other people choose to separate the acts of “loving” someone and having sex with someone. It's really left to the choice of the individuals involved in choosing to make their relationship sexual in nature. Our society often labels sexual activity that occurs outside of an exclusive relationship as scandalous, leading some people to associate love and sexual activity. Also, people don't always have sex if they're in love. Kinsey attempted to show that love and sex don't have to be linked. He saw the world in a biological way, which led him to have sex with other people while he was still in love with his wife. For some people, they are able to separate sex and love because they have different ideals. There are also many types of sexual acts that people place different value on, allowing them to determine when they will participate in them. Because there are different types of love, people can't always have sex with everyone they are in love with. Defining love is impossible and that is why people cannot always view love and sex as dependent on each other..