It may have been true that the Victorian era denied sex. But it may also be true that our day has gone to the other extreme. It has taken the mystery out of sex. Parents have always felt that there is something about it that they could never communicate to their children. Rightly so. The physiology yes, but the deep, personal relationship of husband and wife – that was invisible, incommunicable.

Sex today is no longer a mystery, inasmuch as it is reduced to a pure biological function. Because its mystery, which is a profound love for another person expressed in corporal union, has been lost, the taboo on sex has disappeared. Sex in human being is not same as sex in a pig. Sex in human is both a function and a communication. As a biological function it is same as in animals. As a communication, it implies another person and is worlds apart.

Eros becomes meaningful when the purpose is to become united with another person. Then it is quasi-divine.

A wife is saddened at the realization that her role could have been filled by any other woman. Sex as a function is replaceable like one pencil for another. Love is irreplaceable.