Family and the Indicators of Regulating Sexual Relations

The structural and cultural developments in modern societies have increased the scale of individual's sexual satisfaction and brought problems to the function of the family in regulating sexual behavior. The main question that arises here is: how can men and women respond to their sexual needs within the family framework under these conditions? What are the indicators of the function of regulating the sexual behavior in an ideal Muslims family? Regulating sexual behavior cannot be attained through a complex mental and emotional process. According to Islam, the process of sexual relation between wife and husband includes three things which have to do with sexual care, sexual drives, and intercourse. The indicators of regulating sexual behavior can be defined according to these three things. As indicators of individual's sexual satisfaction within the family framework emotional purity, sexual commitment, controlling one’s look, keeping dignity, observing veil by woman, elegance, sexual difference, optimism, and love are among the constituents inferred from religious sources.