Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence

by Esther Perel

“You need the will to make it work and you need to be able to make compromises. It’s not hard to be right, but then you are right and alone.”

Through sex, men can recapture the pure pleasure of connection without having to compress their hard-to-articulate needs into the prison of words.

When we value only what is disclosed through words, we do ourselves a disservice.

Yet each time they’ve considered parting, they’ve realized that they may find a better sexual match, but not a better life partner.