intimacy

There was an article in the papers yesterday about local women and intimacy. The reports were not surprising (to me) and another section wrote about how drugs are not quick fixes to the growing problem, which is also, not surprising to me.
What the article didn't express, was that for those with a diagnosed dysfunction, therapy + drugs may be the solution but a lot of times, it's a choice by the individual. Not everyone thinks the same of everything.
In long-term relationships, demand for intimacy may fade, not always because we are in the mad career race, but perhaps because the relationship has suffered too much for the woman to be involved with the person emotionally. There are many levels in a relationship - it either progresses or regresses and there may come a time, it stagnates.
It's almost impossible to think intimate, when emotionally, the woman has been 'exposed' enough to hurt and disappointment.
Imagine that you have taken a beating (not literally), would you have any desires to shed your clothes, because sex is as natural as breathing for mammals? It's not about feeling ugly or fat. It's about feeling safe enough to expose ourselves to the very pinnacle of satisfaction without having to feel compromised.