This paper draws from the presentation “Sex Games People Play” before an audience of 80 at the World TA 2005 Summer Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland. Included in this paper are new, unpublished TA theories on sex and intimacy including: the Sexual Winner's and Loser's Loops, the new field of Intimacy Analysis, the Intimacy Winner's and Loser's Loops, and five new versions of the Drama Triangle at the psychological and script levels.
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