In the immediate sense of "your boyfriend won't love you unless you have sex with him", no. But in the longer-term sense of "men need sexual contact to build and maintain the kind of deep emotional connections a relationship needs", yes. It's not just physical with us, and this is something that women just don't understand; they see that men are after sex much more than they are, but they never stop to ask WHY. (If you ever see a group of gods hanging out with what appears to be a large ape-man banging his fist on the table and shouting that we need more philosophical women, that'll be me; feel free to come say hi). I've said it before and I'll say it again; women may understand men better than men understand women, but it's not much better, and they THINK they understand far better than they do. This is the kind of conversation we as a society should be having with our children when they start seriously dating, but we lack the guts.
As a result, often a woman will sometimes say she's just not feeling it when it comes to having sex, so it won't happen, which makes her guy less engaged, so he's less likely to give her the gestures of affection that make her more sexually open, and the cycle continues until the relationship breaks down. Now that's not to say that you should always have sex whenever one of you wants to; the odd "not tonight" is okay. The danger comes in when it becomes a habit, and the importance of sex is denied or ignored. And when it gets weaponized- "Do X or I'll stop having sex with you"- then every alarm bell you HAVE should be ringing.
I agree, we women have a lot to learn about the opposite gender.
It's trueish, and if we were being more precise i'd say most men need to feel sexually desired by their partner to feel loved.
Evolutionary psych gets stretched to the extreme but it's reasonable at the most basic stuff: for men, falling in love with a woman makes sense if helping and supporting her supports YOUR kids - which doesn't work unless you're having sex or are about to be having sex with her on an ongoing basis. For women, feeling a mate is bonded and going to stick around makes the prospect of having kids a better idea.
Feeling more close due to sex is common for men (though if they don't feel anything for the partner they can happily enough have sex with no emotion). But if they are somewhat bonded, it definitely boosts the bond.
In cases where they're waiting for marriage, he's generally doing so on the assumption that she does desire him but is waiting due to a religious commitment. If he starts doubting that reasoning, he'll start feeling rejected. Of course that's what lets him feel 'not rejected', but he's missing out on a potential way of feeling connected.
Scroll Down to Read Other Opinions
What's Your Opinion? Sign Up Now!Not all men are the same, I can only speak for me. I value intimacy way more than sex.
Kissing , touching, cuddling > fucking.
I enjoy lying together naked and having a deep conversation more than actually penetration, maybe im just weird.
Id like sex in a relationship, but its not THE most important thing. hypothetically, if i were dating a women and she wanted to wait a really long time before having sex, id be fine with it if there's lots of intimacy in other ways.
we need both
Yes if she doesn’t want to have sex we feel undesired
Me and my ex where waiting until marriage. You can feel loved when you know your partner wants to spend the rest of their life with you.
Were*
You are probably right.
I would never wait for marriage.
I want to know if there are any problems before marrying her.
Aha my boyfriend and I are both waiting for marriage so I never said it was wrong. Was just asking how men felt it without if it was so important to them.
Sex no, affection yes. But the sex is definitely a plus
Hmm that makes more sense.
no we have sex because we wanna give love.
woman wants to have sex because she wants to feel loved.
I don't know about others but it's true for me.
Sexual Relationships 
Sexual Health 
Most Helpful Guys