Is Sex Really That Important?
Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast
Focus on the Family
4.5 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 13 December 2023
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Sometimes, one spouse desires sex more than the other. When that happens, how can you and your spouse talk about it? John and the Smalley's address why it's good to put your spouse's needs above your own. Also, Jim Daly talks to Dr. Michael Sytsma and Shaunti Feldhahn about why it matters that you and your spouse have a good sex life.
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| 0:00.0 | After four abortions, Distara finally learned the truth. |
| 0:04.3 | I heard it from focus on the family and they were talking about pro-life being a baby, a human |
| 0:10.8 | being in your stomach. |
| 0:14.0 | And I'm like, wow, that's pro life. |
| 0:16.8 | I'm Jim Daly. |
| 0:18.0 | Together we can rescue pre-born babies and their moms, |
| 0:21.5 | giving families hope. |
| 0:23.0 | Donate at focus on the family.com slash lot and your spouse could care less just isn't interested? |
| 0:42.0 | Unfortunately, too many couples have that kind of a scenario |
| 0:46.2 | in their relationship regarding sex. I'm John Fuller with Dr. Greg Smalley and his wife |
| 0:51.5 | Aaron they lead the focus marriage team and Aaron, you're a |
| 0:54.9 | counselor. I'm guessing it's kind of common that there's a real difference in the interest in |
| 1:02.2 | sex for a lot of couples. |
| 1:04.0 | You know, typically when you think about sex, often people just assume that men have a higher sex |
| 1:11.5 | drive. Well, that's not always the case |
| 1:14.0 | 75% is what research says 75% of men will have a higher sex drive but that it leaves |
| 1:20.7 | 25% of women who have a higher sex drive than their husband. |
| 1:25.0 | So it's not uncommon and you're not abnormal if that's the case. |
| 1:30.0 | However, there are things that influence people's desire and things like stress and fatigue |
| 1:38.2 | absolutely impacts someone's interest in sex, hormone issues as we age. There's hormone changes and |
| 1:48.5 | differences in our bodies that can impact sex, biological differences, mental health challenges, depression, |
| 1:56.5 | anxiety, body image as our bodies are changing as we age, or maybe past trauma or abuse. All kinds of things are going on that are |
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