I'm just amazed that it took this many posts for someone to state the obvious.....
A woman who comments quite extensively on marriage and sexuality is Juli Slattery (Focus on the Family). There is a lot of wisdom and common sense in what she says… here is what she says at this link about the difference between men and women (and in the context of her piece, the difference between wives and husbands)….she is directly speaking to women in this article…. http://www.focusonthefamily.com/marriage/sex-and-intimacy/understanding-your-husbands-sexual-needs/sex-is-a-physical-need
One of the biggest differences between you and your husband is the fact that he experiences sex as a legitimate physical need. Just as your body tells you when you're hungry, thirsty, or tired, your husband's body tells him when he needs a sexual release. Your husband's sexual desire is impacted by what's around him but is determined by biological factors, specifically the presence of testosterone in his body.
Immediately after sexual release, men are physically satisfied. But as their sexual clock ticks on, sexual thoughts become more prevalent, and they are more easily aroused. The physical need for sexual release intensifies as sperm builds in the testicles. The body continues to produce and store sperm, although sperm production fluctuates based on levels of testosterone and the frequency of sexual release.
The best way for a woman to understand this dynamic is to relate it to another physiological need. If you've had a baby, you may relate to the experience of milk building up in your breasts a few days after giving birth. The buildup of breast milk becomes annoying (and even painful) until the milk is expressed. You may have even had the embarrassing experience of leaking breast milk when it was not expressed. A male's semen buildup is sometimes released through nocturnal emissions if it is not otherwise relieved. Just as with breast milk, sperm production tends to "keep up with demand." The more often a man has sex, the more semen his body is likely to produce.
As women, we don't experience the physiological drive for sex in this same way. There is no buildup that demands release. Instead, hormonal fluctuations drive our sexuality. Female sexual hormones are largely determined by two factors: the female reproductive cycle (menstruation, ovulation, pregnancy, menopause, etc.) and a part of the brain called the hypothalamus.
A woman's sexual desire is far more connected to emotions than her husband's sex drive is. A man can experience sexual arousal apart from any emotional attachment. He can look at a naked woman and feel intense physical desire for her, while at the same time he may be completely devoted to and in love with his wife. For most women, this just doesn't compute. A fundamental difference in the wiring of male and female sexuality is that men can separate sex from a relationship while for a woman, the two are usually intertwined.
We are now living in a society where women never grew up being taught anything about what Juli Slattery is talking about... and why it is essential that how women dress fit what the Bible calls 'modesty'. While there many ways that men and women can be sexually stimulated, ‘visual stimulation’ is the essentially the first level…..what women are essentially saying by wearing highly revealing clothing in say an office environment is “I will do what I want to sexually stimulate you but if you do anything to act on that stimulation, I will scream sexual harassment.” Since the sexual stimulation of a man happens just as quickly, naturally and as much outside one's control as fighting for air when’s one breathing is cut off, men are put into a can’t win situation. So… does that fit the definition of sexual harassment? I think it does….
In summary, men should forget about it-get lost and take a cold shower.