Is it permitted to use condoms in marital sex, which is prohibited by Halachic law?
Resentment about what Catholics perceive as insensitive church teachings and authority, especially with regard to birth control and marital sex.
This is Susan's idea of keeping marital sex interesting, though to be honest, I'm not complaining about acting out Susan's sexual fantasies.
Under the grim and dominant influence of St. Augustine, the Catholic high tradition has always been suspicious of "too much" marital sex.
Yet she was unaccountably tired, impatient with the children, craving something that neither marital sex nor extramarital affairs could satisfy.
A man engages in marital and extra-marital sex.
Men are understood to desire sexual pleasure constantly, but are obliged to abstain from all but marital sex for religio-social reasons.
Through this perspective, he understands the immorality of extra marital sex.
The separation dictates not only the physical separation, but also abstinence from marital sex.