Editing Sexual ritual (section)

==Interaction ritual==

To the [[sociologist]] looking upon "sexual intercourse as interaction ritual... sexual intercourse is the ritual of love; it both creates and recreates the social tie (since [[Émile Durkheim|Durkheimian]] rituals need to be repeated periodically, as solidarity runs down), and symbolizes it".<ref>Randall Collins, ''Interaction Ritual Chains'' (Princeton 2004) p. 235</ref> In similar fashion, [[Margot Anand]] has pointed out that "rituals pervade our daily life and give it a sense of ceremony and celebration (...) a ritual, through your own unique symbolic gestures... will help you transform your lovemaking into a special and sacred act".<ref>Margo Anand, ''The Art of Sexual Ecstasy'' (1990) p. 71</ref>

[[Erving Goffman]] has noted, however, "the considerable informational delicacy of this form of interaction", and how "individuals may use darkness to ensure strategic ambiguity".<ref>Erving Goffman, ''Relations in Public'' (Penguin 1972) p. 235</ref>