Sentence:  On the other hand , the women class members appeared to reach a far greater understanding than have women members in other sections that it <WSD>is</WSD> more natural for males as a group to view sex as sex rather than always associating it with love as most women seem to do . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)