ABSTRACT
This chapter provides an opportunity to explore sexuality and how it affects people's relationship. Sexual relationships always have been one of the hardest topics to cover in battering intervention groups. The chapter also provides the exercises and stories for maintaining positive sexual relationships. The exercises include: sexually respectful behavior pre-inventory, sexual expectations, sexual mythology, rape and male activism, exploring intimacy, and Lonnie's position on pornography. The defenses typically cover everything from sexual abuse to pornography to rape. These exercises are aimed at working around those defenses and targeting areas that all group members can relate to concerning sexual relationships. Each exercise examines a crucial element in forming healthy sexual attitudes and teaches how to eliminate unhealthy attitudes and behaviors. By using these exercises, people will be able to gain a deeper understanding of intimate relationships.
