Sexual Relationships 
Sexual Health 
Pink Anon, 25-29: Men do you really NEED sex?
BarryLiverstone: "We need sex to feel intimacy and emotions, much like you need intimacy and emotions to enjoy sex.
Understand?"
Asker: "I really pondered on that being so. So sex for men is the same as “cuddling” feels for women?"
BarryLiverstone: " You got it. That’s how we really know she loves us and when we feel connected to her. Now you may understand when someone refuses sex in a relationship how it hurts us."
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I know the answer, but many females seem to not. I think it's important this is understood.
Let's also see the proportion/breakdown of male votes and opinions.
What Girls & Guys Said
4 58I wouldn't say that's true but it is a great way to get intimacy.
Yes, but more than that. For me I some how derive some sort of feeling of self worth as well. I can't explain it
No you explained it perfectly. I know just what you mean. Both sexes obviously are susceptible to this, but men I think feel rejection much, much more often, so it's a way of feeling validated, appreciated, loved, that is less lacking in females' lives.
I said true but to be completely honest I'm not sure. Every time I've had sex with a woman I opened up to them more. I trust them more and I feel safer telling them more about me. I've had relationships where I have the same feeling without sex but after we get stank on the hang down I feel closer to her... that wasn't meant to be a pun but I think its funny.
You can be intimate without sex:
https://www.healthywomen.org/your-health/intimacy-without-intercourse
You know that I see a lot of guys here say that they need sex to feel intimacy, well I am here to say that I can be intimate without sex, the difference with me is that all my past relationships, me and the person who I was with started off as being FRIENDS FIRST, then eventually through intimacy we crossed the threshold where sex was in play. So not all guys attribute intimacy with sex.☯️
not true to me
i need sex to get rid of my horniness , it is hard to focus on daily task like work if i at horny stance
Sex and intimacy are exponential multipliers of emotion, not the catalyst.
A++. Thank you thank you. Love your precision. 🎯
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Sex releases oxytocin in men. Oxytocin is the intimacy/cuddle hormone.
Don't believe me? Ask my girlfriend!
Funny how the Girls were silent. I wonder why?
Because the q was addressed to men. And because pinks always reply less. On everything.
False I need emotional connections to enjoy
Sex strengthens my emotional bond with someone, which is why a casual or friends with benefits situation leads to heartbreak. A one time hookup is different because I'm not with them long enough to develop feelings.
That's a good distinction 👌.
Men need sex to feel intimacy, women need emotion, intimacy, the right time, the right place, the right lingerie and about 50,000 other nit picky things to want sex, none of which they will ever tell you, you are supposed to KNOW, guess, have ESP, jumping through all their little emotional hoops to get laid. Now you know why prostitution flourishes everywhere.
I was on board with you for a second. But the emotional validation is really what we need. That’s it for me. I’m low maintenance tho.
@loves2learn , then you are the exception to the rule my love, and a rare find indeed.
That's hard, cuz it IS yes, but he'll, I get full gratification out of teasing women and kissing. I don't cuddle or snuggle or spoon, I choke, slap and nibble. So some men can have fun just kissing and playing tantric sex.
We are humans with certain needs and wants, some can hold out longer than outs; and some have held out way too long; haha like me for example. If you want to, you really should look at the movie Hitch starring Will Smith, Eva Mendez, Kevin James and Amber Valletta; one of Eva Mendez's character friends Casey; she mentioned not having intimacy in months. Now do I think we need sex?
Yes, because at least with it, you can manage your emotions, emotional response and response time to certain things way out of our control, also, carry on the day's tasks without thinking about sex, seeing it everywhere from animals mating, to seeing it in ads, even the subliminal ones, in soap operas which happens often, in movies, sitcoms and reality shows, you can't escape it, because we are in America and people are allowed to do whatever they want, God created sex for you to enjoy it, so why not take advantage of it, right? Well, just in a way where it doesn't hurt you and your partner.
I don't need sex to feel intimacy and emotions, cuddles are probably better in my opinion.
I think when I was younger that was not true for me but as I've gotten older I found that it is in fact true
I guess it's false
Yes this is absolutely true. Guys derive a lot of the feeling of being loved from sex. When sex stops or is leveraged, it creates a downward spiral in the relationship.
Absolutely true! Agree 100%