Talk:Sexless marriage

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There should be something on religious history -- in the Gnosticism of late antiquity (and to a lesser degree in some currents of early Christianity), a sexless marriage was presented as something that husbands and wives should strive for... AnonMoos 14:11, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] this article needs tidying up or deleting

we have listed a number of causes of sexless marriages. this could go on to a long list if people keep adding bits and pieces, as seems to have happened in the past. I'm wondering if this could be broken into general headings
- deliberately sexless from the beginning
 - due to religious principles,
- to one or both partners having AIDS or other serious transmittable diseases
- or to one or both partners not wanting children,
- asexuality,
- past trauma, or
- one or both of the partners has an incompatible sexual orientation.
- (historically/ culturally) a sexless marriage was presented as something that husbands and wives should strive for.eg Gnosticism of late antiquity (and to a lesser degree in some currents of early Christianity),
- link to spiritual marriage

- choosing to be sexless afterwards

- sexless marriages as a symptom of dysfunction (ie not chosen) eg
 - Lack of sexual vitality of the female/male due to age.
- Different work schedules/busy lives.
- Severe vaginismus or erectile dysfunction.
- link to sexual dysfunction

"Sexless marriages generally develop over time and are gradual. Love and intimacy generally existed in a relationship but sex starts to become less and less of a factor."- these sentences are unsubstantiated, contradicting the diversity of reasons in the rest of the article.

and i think before we can state that a marriage is dysfunctional, we'd need to establish how it is against the function of marriage.

or perhaps we could delete the article- there are alternative articles already. I will post a question at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Sexology_and_sexuality to clarify why the article was considered mid importance, but would welcome others' thoughts.WotherspoonSmith 09:57, 23 September 2007 (UTC)