Comment on question for the culture
DudleyMason@lemmy.ml 17 hours agoonly if you essentially do not view sex as any more sacred, or complex and meaningful, than food…
Why on Earth would anyone who isn’t indoctrinated into a religion ever think that sex is more sacred than any other form of human interaction?
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 hours ago
‘Sacred’ has more colloquial meaning, and is more broad than purely as part of a religious doctrine.
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sacred
I also provided a secondary phrase after that word, with or preceding it, to specify what I meant.
DudleyMason@lemmy.ml 10 hours ago
So my question stands. I knew what you meant, now explain why sex is a special sphere of human activity that is materia different from any other human interaction without resorting to magical thinking.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 hours ago
… Wow, you’re serious.
Uh, because it engenders a whole bunch of deep emotions / massive and unique neurochemical responses in people, particularly it plays a massive role in regulating oxytocin, and plays a considerable role in creating stable pair bonding between two people.
mindlabneuroscience.com/brain-chemicals-during-se…
I’m genuienly baffled that you need this explained to you.
Apologies for using shorthand to refer to a whole bunch of complex neurochemistry, I’ll be sure to spell out the details next time.