for mere pleasure

Sex is for procreation, which means sex for “mere pleasure” is bad and safeguarding against ill-conceived pregnancy means you are cheap.

Catholic “pro-life” theologian Monica Miller recently earned herself a Facebook meme when she said that Planned Parenthood should get no federal funding because “the kind of sexual ethic that Planned Parenthood promotes is sex for recreation, sex for mere pleasure.”

Research shows that sex for “mere pleasure” improves mental and physical health, strengthens pair bonds and eases conflicts between partners, and it does so in a wide variety of species, not just humans.

They don’t dance for mere pleasure; it’s more that they’re compelled to, like Wilis and swans, those ballet creatures who come out only at night.

Who in their right mind would labour through some weighty classic for mere pleasure?