I will now go into the details of the lies culture tells us about sex. The following points I'm about to make come from LeaderU.com. The first lie is that sex creates intimacy. This is a lie because intimacy comes from verbal communication and emotional contact. Intimacy is built upon three values: honesty, love, and respect. In fact premarital sex could get in the way of intimacy. According to Donald Joy, having premarital sex can cut off the emotional connection development. He also mentions a study of 100,000 women that have had sex before marriage presents these three problems: unhappiness in their marriage, discontentment with the amount of intimacy, and profound confidence.
The second lie I want to address, also from LeaderU.com, is that starting sex early in a relationship will help you get to know one another and become better partners later. This is a misunderstanding of what sex really is. According to LeaderU.com, "In healthy marriages, sex takes its natural place beside the intellectual, emotional and practical aspects of life. (Fryling, 1)" Married couples spend the majority of their time in discussion, working out issues, and in emotional contact.
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