![]() They talk about even during sex, having sex with her inside meaning-recognizing her as a woman, not just viewing her as a collection of sexual parts.QUESTION: What do you do if you find someone attractive-other than your spouse? What if you find that you have a wandering eye? ANSWER: On p225 they emphasize making sure that when you connect with your wife, that you’re not just looking at her physical “tent”-her physicality as a sexual body-but seeing her as a whole person. EMB says you should see your wife as a whole person.I was impressed with the blunt, reflective questions, and the challenges to dig deeper into your core habit-change process, and the exercises addressed to men about really assessing themselves and how they think in order to take stock of where their trigger points are. EMB's 20th anniversary edition workbook-most of it is really very good.Instead, they say that if you are a manly-man, in order to be truly fulfilled as a man, you do need authentic intimacy and connection. EMB pushes back on the cultural assumption that manly men don't need emotional connection (p109).I'm relieved they removed this junk science from the new edition. In other words, if he's not getting sex at home every 72 hours, you're making it impossible for him to keep pure thoughts. If you're lucky enough to have not heard of the 72-hour rule, it suggested that men have a three-day cycle of semen production, and that-if you’re married-it's the wife's responsibility to relieve your husband at least once every 3 days, in order to avoid driving him to porn, prostitutes and brain fog. EMB's 20th Anniversary Edition removed references to the false concept of "the 72-hour rule", which appears to have originated with James Dobson rather than any medical or scientific study.The book also presents some contradictions (I’ll address those in a bit, p 103). ![]()
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