![]() In our erotic daydreams, we find the energy that keeps us passionately awake to our own sexuality p.174 Understanding what our fantasies do for us will help us understand what it is we’re seeking, sexually and emotionally. Giving voice to our fantasies can liberate us from the many personal and social obstacles that stand in the way of pleasure. There’s not a lot here worth delving into, so I’ll simply offer the chapter’s main idea, which is also its last paragraph: ![]() The entire chapter is an exposition of various patients, most married, but not all, and one homosexual patient. This is basically a defense of sexual fantasy. However, most of that is in chapter 10, and we need to touch on chapter 9 first. She asks some pretty inflammatory questions and her answers are every bit as controversial. This trio of chapters also makes it very clear why Esther Perel is something of a lightning rod to those of us who marry fully committed to monogamy. This is the last post analyzing the Mating in Captivity since chapter 11 is the last chapter in the book. ![]() ![]() Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic, by Esther Perel. ![]()
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