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Hunter112 says: What you're saying is that the only purpose of marriage and sexuality is to have children, all that "proper understanding of intercourse" thing.That certainly is NOT what the Church teaches. The Church teaches that "the sexual relationship which is demanded by the moral order and in which the total meaning of mutual self-giving and human procreation in the context of true love is achieved."
The Church teaches that sex inside of a valid and licit marriage is both for the purpose of love and procreation.
Yep, and it is backed by science also, whether hunter112 likes it or not.
QUOTE: Concerning marital sex, the same report indicates that “a monogamous sexual partnership embedded in a formal marriage evidently produces the greatest satisfaction and pleasure.” (p. 364). Further, religious women are more likely to report being sexually satisfied than non-religious counterparts. These are the women who are more likely to have waited until they can follow the teachings of their faith about being “embedded in a formal marriage” before they have sex. However, presumably abstaining works for those of all faiths and those with none.