Wiki says this: Freud established sexual drives as the primary motivational forces of human life…
And I think it depends on who you are. That’s why there are heat levels, so people who don’t want to read explicit sex scenes on paper don’t have to read them. I just finished reading Debbie Macomber and loved every word of it. There wasn’t any sex, and I didn’t mind at all.
But I also think those interesting souls in the m/m community who are always complaining there’s too much explicit sex in m/m aren’t getting any. And most likely never did.