Well, when we talk about psychological emotional needs related to sexual
interaction or sexual relationship, so initially,
I talked about sexual activity, sexual interaction and sexual relationships
sort of broadly.
Maybe I would use this opportunity to differentiate among these three.
Sexual activities are anything that is sexual.
It includes relationships. It includes interaction.
It also includes things that you do on your own, like watching pornography,
masturbation, that is sexual activity, but it is not necessarily sexual interaction.
>> Right.
When you have sexual interaction, you're talking about two or
more individuals engaged in an interaction that is sexual in nature and
it provides sexual pleasure or sexual experience.
But it does not necessarily turn into a relationship.
You can imagine people engaged in a sexual interaction that
doesn't develop into a relationship.
When we talk about a sexual relationship, we're usually talking about
something that is longer term, that involves more than one encounter, maybe,
something of a relationship going on.
When you're talking about activity, the interaction and
relationship, obviously, they would be addressing different needs.
If you're only looking for more physical kind of satisfaction,
sexual activity may work and for some people,
there might be their regular source of satisfaction even.
I have to say that sexual satisfaction is not always,
or very rarely, purely physical.
Usually, it also involves a certain kind of psychological gratification.
This is why even when people masturbate or
when they use pornography, they're using some kind of mental imagery.
They're imagining a particular psychological context.
