ABSTRACT
Empathy was not only a component of optimal sexual experiences but it was the overarching and underlying factor that created magnificent sex. It was the “sine qua non” with regard to relationship qualities – an important contributor on its own but also one that helped to facilitate virtually every other relationship quality. In order to create and cultivate magnificent sexual encounters within a relationship, it is important not only for individuals to care about it but also that their beliefs and attitudes be shared, or at least compatible, with those of their partners. Each of the lovers has to be interested in bringing about those types of experiences and in creating the types of relationships in which magnificent sex is enabled. Wanting sex to happen, prioritizing it, planning and setting aside time all helped to build both the relationship and future sexual encounters.
