#humans #sex Created at 2022-12-21 # [Anonymous feedback](https://www.admonymous.co/louis030195) # [[Epistemic status]] #shower-thought #to-digest # Related - [[Philosophy/Psychology/Sex]] - [[Readwise/Books/Esther Perel - Mating in Captivity - Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic]] - [[Philosophy/Psychology/Sexual orientation]] - [[Relationships]] - [[Biology/Evolution/Sexual orientation]] # TODO > [!TODO] TODO # Sex ![A woman and a man face to face, close up portrait shot](https://lexica-serve-encoded-images.sharif.workers.dev/md/000e658f-e3ad-40a8-88e2-6ba67c602213) >Languishing desire, we’re coached, is a scheduling problem that can be fixed with better prioritizing and organizational skills; or it is a communication problem that can be ameliorated by verbally expressing precisely what we want sexually. >~ [[Esther Perel - Mating in Captivity - Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic|Mating in Captivity - Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic]] ![poster by tomer hanuka, real lgbt love ](https://lexica-serve-encoded-images.sharif.workers.dev/md/03de0280-b3c7-45cd-b5e1-735ef4c2aaf1) >The anthropologist Thomas Gregor describes the sexual feelings of Amazonian Mehinaku men in this way: “Women’s sexual attractiveness varies from ‘flavorless’ (mana) to the ‘delicious’ (awirintya) ... sad to say, sex with spouses is said to be mana, in contrast with sex with lovers, which is nearly always awirintyapa.” >~ [[David M. Buss - The Evolution of Desire Strategies of Human Mating|David M. Buss]]