By Adesuwa Ewoigbokhan
Phone sexual intimacy is one of the emotional ways couples connect with their spouses through phone-based communication, by voice calls, chats, video calls, or messaging apps such as texts to stimulate sex.
In today’s digital age, phone sex has become an essential aspect of many relationships like long term commitment or casual unions, allowing couples to stay connected with their significant other despite physical distance.
Phone sexual intimacy can take different forms and it could be as unique as the person who indulges in it as long as it is consensual, and there is no right or wrong way to have phone sex.
The power of phone intimacy actually lies in its ability to build and sustain connection through intentional communication, especially in the absence of physical presence.
Aside from the sexual aspect, it promotes emotional closeness and vulnerability by relying on a partner’s voice and imagination to create a powerful sexual bond.
These days, a number of couples engage in phone sex with their spouses when in-person interaction is limited. Others may try phone sex when it is not safe or convenient to have physical intimacy, such as during quarantine.
In some instances, an individual may pay someone for phone sex online, as some people also provide it as a paid service.
It can also be a valuable tool for lovers who struggle with in-person communication, or have social anxiety, thus allowing them to build relationships in a more comfortable and controlled environment.
During the act, partners may engage in sharing detailed fantasies or plans for future sexual activities over the phone about what they would like to do with the other person, or what they expect in return such as sending explicit messages or photos via chat, known as sexting.
Lovers may masturbate or have orgasms during this activity.
In a nutshell, phone sex can be considered as a tool for fostering intimacy.
Here are some gains of phone sex:
- Enhances emotional connection as regular phone calls especially those dedicated to deep conversations helps partners stay in each other’s daily lives; sharing fears, aspirations, and can end up building emotional intimacy and feeling understood.
- Fewer sexual risks: carries no risk of pregnancy or sexually transmitted infections hence some spouses may use it as an alternative to physical mating under certain circumstances.
- It fosters intimacy across geographical distances, illness, or other barriers: fostering relationships that might otherwise might have been difficult to maintain.
To Be Continued!