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[curgoth]

I just had a random thought; the term "making love" is a bit disturbing.

Is having sex supposed to manufacture Love where none existed before?

I wonder if this is a hold-over from arranged marriages combined with no-sex-until-marriage.

The couple wouldn't know each other, so perhaps sex was meant to induce love between the two.

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[curgoth]

My complaint isn't so much with the love part of the statement; I agree with most of what you wrote.

My complaint is with the word "make".

Produce, manufacture. Create, where none was before. Instill, conjure.

If love wasn't there before, sex isn't going to "make" any.

If love was there already, sex may enhance the feelings of love, closeness, etc, (and I've found it does), but it still isn't "making" love.