SJ males and females both may view sex as a service which is to be delivered by the female, performed dutifully and on request, presumably in return for social and economic security. They are not likely to experiment in sexual approaches. The SJ male is likely to express concern for his partner, but neither male nor female SJ may believe that female orgasm is a requisite. Female SJs are not, whether with males or females, apt to discuss their sexual experiences. Sex is clearly understood as a means of reproduction rather than mainly as a form of recreation, and both male and female SJs may reflect the attitude that having children, who will bring joy and comfort and who will continue the family line, is expected and desirable.
Sex generally is something one does at night, in the bedroom, as quietly as possible.
Although this is less true in our so-called sexually liberated age, the view of sex as recreation is not a perception ordinarily held by most SJs. Interpersonal SJ mates may have some difficulty understanding the emotional needs of other types, particularly the NFs and NTs, where transactions outside the bedroom loom vital as precursor to sexual response. An SJ could give way to a temper tantrum, to biting sarcasm, scolding, criticizing, the works -and then expect a mate to separate these behaviors from the sexual relationship. He or she may not understand the possible impact on sex which is clear to other types. Social Time is apt to be structured by the SJ around productive activities, which have a clearly-defined task as the focal point.