Instead one partner or the other dominates the sexual relationship.

`` When the roles of husband and wife are reversed, so that the wife becomes leader and the husband follower '', Dr. Linden says, `` the effects on their whole relationship, sexual and otherwise, can be disastrous ''.

One wife, described by a New York psychologist, so dominated her husband that she actually placed their sexual relationship on a schedule, writing it down right between the weekly PTA meetings and the Thursday-night neighborhood card parties.

A woman who dominates other family affairs will dominate the sexual relationship as well ''.

The perjury charge arose from Clinton's testimony about his relationship to Lewinsky during a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by former Arkansas state employee Paula Jones.

" While Frank Miller has described the relationship between Batman and the Joker as a " homophobic nightmare ," he views the character as sublimating his sexual urges into crimefighting, concluding, " He'd be much healthier if he were gay.

" Burt Ward, who portrayed Robin in the 1960s television show, has also remarked upon this interpretation in his autobiography Boy Wonder: My Life in Tights ; he writes that the relationship could be interpreted as a sexual one, with the show's double entendres and lavish camp also possibly offering ambiguous interpretation.

BDSM is a preference and sometimes form of personal relationship centering around activities that are erotic but may not be sexual, and which may include the consensual use of restraint, intense sensory stimulation, and fantasy power role play.

At the same time, Jade Fox's own unorthodox relationship with a Wudan master ( who she claims would not teach her, but did take sexual advantage of her ) brought her to a life of crime.

Included from Camilla are Sandra's ( the titular character ) ability to turn into a cat, and the nature of her first encounter ( and the resulting sexual relationship ) with the series ' second main protagonist, Isabelle von Karatstein.

For instance, David is portrayed as having been dishonored when his concubines had a sexual relationship with his son Absalom.

The Seventh-day Adventist Church is opposed to same-gender sexual practices and relationships on the grounds that " sexual intimacy belongs only within the marital relationship of a man and a woman.

Many Christians believe that marriage is defined by the union of a man and a woman, and that any sexual act outside of the marriage relationship is inherently sinful.

In marriage, the spouses commit to a lifelong relationship which excludes sexual intimacy with other persons.

These paintings have been interpreted as reflections of the artist's sexual anxieties, though it could also be argued that they are a better representation of his turbulent relationship with love itself and his general pessimism regarding human existence.

In the late 1970s, fiction that included a sexual relationship between two of the male characters of the media source ( first Kirk / Spock, then later Starsky / Hutch, Napoleon / Illya, and many others ) started to appear in zines.

Flirting or coquetry is a sexual activity involving verbal or written communication as well as body language by one person to another, suggesting an interest in a deeper relationship with the other person.

Flirting usually involves speaking and behaving in a way that suggests a mildly greater intimacy than the actual relationship between the parties would justify, though within the rules of social etiquette, which generally disapproves of a direct expression of sexual interest.

This type of flirting does not intend to lead to sexual intercourse or romantic relationship, but increases the bonds between two people.

The film is structured as an epic and makes frequent use of flashbacks to highlight elements not made explicit in the play: Hamlet's sexual relationship with Kate Winslet's Ophelia, for example, or his childhood affection for Yorick ( played by Ken Dodd ).

Hadrian had a close relationship with a Bithynian Greek youth, Antinous, which was most likely sexual.

When Leight was asked about obstacles in Daivd Haden's and Detective Benson's relationship, which will also be a sexual relationship ; " They may disagree on a case.

It does however retain its separation from sexual attraction and as such is seen by many as an orientation within an orientation amongst the asexual community.

Some people automatically connect cross-dressing behavior to transgender identity or sexual, fetishist, and homosexual behavior, but the term cross-dressing itself does not imply any motives.

Women with FGM typically report sexual dysfunction and dyspareunia ( painful sexual intercourse ), but several researchers have written that FGM does not necessarily destroy sexual desire in women.

Gay and lesbian rights advocates argued that one ’ s sexual orientation does not reflect on one ’ s gender ; that is, “ you can be a man and desire a man ... without any implications for your gender identity as a man ,” and the same is true if you are a woman.

She does, however, have a sexual relationship with John Krajewski.

Just as man does not have unlimited dominion over his body in general, so also, and with more particular reason, he has no such dominion over his specifically sexual faculties, for these are concerned by their very nature with the generation of life, of which God is the source.

Reproductive sex does not necessarily require a heterosexual orientation, since orientation refers to a long term enduring pattern of sexual and emotional attraction leading to often long term social bonding, while, reproductive sex requires only the basic act of, often one time, vaginal intercourse.

Such a pattern, again, does not seem to support human sexual aesthetics as being the sole or primary cause of this distribution.

Most societies consider it a serious crime to force someone to engage in sexual acts or to engage in sexual activity with someone who does not consent.

The FDA does not recommend alternative therapies to treat sexual function.

Rabbinic Judaism does not believe that the preceding verses refer to what is nowadays described as a homosexual inclination, nor do these verses refer to lesbian sexual activity.

In a 2001 review of Midas Dekkers ' Dearest Pet: On Bestiality, Singer argues that sexual activities between humans and animals that result in harm to the animal should remain illegal, but that " sex with animals does not always involve cruelty " and that " mutually satisfying activities " of a sexual nature may sometimes occur between humans and animals, and that writer Otto Soyka would condone such activities.

Commenting on Singer's article " Heavy Petting ," in which he argues that zoosexual activity need not be abusive, and that relationships could form which were mutually enjoyed, Ingrid Newkirk, president of the animal rights group PETA, argued that, " If a girl gets sexual pleasure from riding a horse, does the horse suffer?

The Congregation does not deal with clerical sexual abuse cases, as those are handled exclusively by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

The poem does this by making the kisses between Lady Bertilak and Gawain sexual in nature, but rendering the kisses between Gawain and Lord Bertilak " unintelligible " to the medieval reader.

The college has a non-discrimination policy and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, age, sex, handicap, or sexual orientation in its educational programs, admissions practices, scholarship and loan programs, athletics and other school-administered activities or employment practices.

The conclusion of this review was that " the overwhelming weight of evidence shows that sex education that discusses contraception does not increase sexual activity ".

However the United Nations definition does not include sexual orientation ( or even social and political groups ) within its qualifications for the crime.

While sexual practices do exist within the very wide tradition of Hindu Tantra, the Kama Sutra is not a Tantric text, and does not touch upon any of the sexual rites associated with some forms of Tantric practice.