I am doing some writing for a curriculum for young adults who are thinking about marriage. Naturally (for me) K-I-S-S-I-N-G came up! And I found a very interesting quote:
Sexuality touches every area of human life; even something as simple as a kiss can have social consequences (after The Kiss, you go from being the girl next door to being his girlfriend) and emotional consequences (you hadn’t realized you like him that way until then).
Kisses can play on our psychological and spiritual registers. But sexuality, even mere kissing, is also, unavoidably, bodily. After all, we define a kiss by body parts: a kiss happens when lips meet a cheek or a hand or when two set of lips rub against each other. Kissing can make our bodies tingle. And kisses can be slobbery; like other sexual deeds, they are messy in their embodiment.
Real Sex, Lauren Winner, page 33.
I’d recommend the book, but not K-I-S-S-I-N-G, until it’s time.
Bent World 