
Otto Kernberg: Theory and Practice
Psychoanalytic Thinking with Dr Don Carveth
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How to Keep a Marriage Sexually?
The spice comes from naughtiness. Good sex is naughty sex. If it isn't naughty, it's not going to be exciting. And a lot of marriages go dead. Because his puritanical super ego links up with her unresolved puritanicalsuper ego. They can't talk to each other about their fantasies and kinkiness. So he talks about how in order to keep us a marriage sexually requires both parties to overcome their puritanical superegos. To find safe, consentual, mutually agreed upon ways of having exciting fun together.
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