Marital love
Sir: If Martyn Harris — your recent con- tributor ('No sex please, we're married', 20 August) — is to get married next Septem- ber he will do well to bear in mind some- thing that Peregrine Worsthorne wrote 25 or so years ago.
If my memory serves me, a view was expressed that monogamous marriage is a compromise between an individual's sexu- al fulfilment and society's well-being where the individual comes off second best. Marriage vows are only one step removed from the priestly vows — the promises are on the one hand to enjoy a sex life with one person only and on the other hand to have no sex life at all. One's potential for sexual enjoyment and satis- faction is somewhat curtailed if either vow is taken but probably Mr Harris is aware of this.
Brian Davis
Pen Cottage, Box, Stroud, Gloucestershire
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