Editing Sexual ritual (section)

==Compulsions==

In [[perversion]], sexual rituals may emerge as a necessary part of sexual activity. For the [[criminologist]], "sexual ritual involves repeatedly engaging in an act or series of acts in a certain manner because of a sexual need".<ref>J. E. Douglas et al, ''Crime Classification Manual'' (2006) p. 296</ref> Within a relationship, "the Compulsive [[libido]] type takes advantages of opportunities to use the specific sexual ritual that causes intense arousal, and in its stronger form, the Compulsive lover can only arouse using the sexual object or ritual".<ref>Sandra Pertot, ''When Your Sex Drives Don't Match'' (2007) p. 8</ref> In any relationship, however, "a sexual habit that becomes routine or stylised... can lead to a sexual ritual", so that "if you don't have a way to talk to your partner about your sexual relationship, you may find yourself... stuck in sexual rituals that could be limiting your sexual enjoyment":<ref>G. Anderson/B. K. Weinhold, ''Connective Bargaining'' (1981) p. 53 and p. 58</ref> as a wife might say, "Same old technique, same old Lewis. It's you all right, I'd know that old routine anywhere."<ref>Mary Stewart, ''Airs Above the Ground'' (1967) p. 98</ref> Thus one's sex life may all "be about rituals: the ritual of sex in the morning, or the ritual of sex at night; and the ritual of sex at anniversaries, and the ritual of sex at Christmas".<ref>Eric Berne, ''Sex in Human Loving'' (1970) p. 47</ref>