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What does it mean?
Intimacy is a form of non-verbal communication.
In plain terms
Sex talks when words fail.
What can you take from it?
Physical acts communicate what language cannot.

Where it applies

  • relationship dynamics
  • interpersonal analysis

Putting it to work

  • understanding non-verbal cues

Questions to consider

  • What does physical intimacy communicate?
  • Can actions replace words?

Another view

It reduces complex relationships to just one act.

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