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| − | '''Sexual healing''' is a myth. It is not possible to use sex to heal emotional pain. | + | '''Sexual healing''' is a myth. It is not possible to use sex to heal emotional pain (see [[reparative therapy]]). |
French psychoanalyst [[Jacques Lacan]] wrote: | French psychoanalyst [[Jacques Lacan]] wrote: | ||
:I have seen both men and women who have tried to seduce a woman to get from her the nurturing and attention they never received from their mothers. And I have seen both women and men who have tried to seduce a man to get from him the protection and attention they never received from their fathers. And in the end it’s all an impossibility. [http://www.guidetopsychology.com/sex_love.htm] | :I have seen both men and women who have tried to seduce a woman to get from her the nurturing and attention they never received from their mothers. And I have seen both women and men who have tried to seduce a man to get from him the protection and attention they never received from their fathers. And in the end it’s all an impossibility. [http://www.guidetopsychology.com/sex_love.htm] | ||
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| + | Sexual Healing is also the name of a 1982 song by American singer [[Marvin Gaye]]. | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
*[http://www.guidetopsychology.com/sex_love.htm The psychology of sexuality and love] | *[http://www.guidetopsychology.com/sex_love.htm The psychology of sexuality and love] | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:38, June 2, 2008
Sexual healing is a myth. It is not possible to use sex to heal emotional pain (see reparative therapy).
French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan wrote:
- I have seen both men and women who have tried to seduce a woman to get from her the nurturing and attention they never received from their mothers. And I have seen both women and men who have tried to seduce a man to get from him the protection and attention they never received from their fathers. And in the end it’s all an impossibility. [1]
Popular Culture
Sexual Healing is also the name of a 1982 song by American singer Marvin Gaye.