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It basically ignores the unitive aspect of marital lovemaking in favor of the purely utilitarian.
Humanae vitae, following the Church's tradition, taught that a couple could only be truly united in the sexual act if they were also open to life: the unitive and procreative ends of the marital act are indissolubly linked, going together, as the old saying goes, like a horse and carriage.
Or is his unitive awakening something more akin to Dorothy in the final scene of The Wizard of Oz, when she realizes that all along the shoes that would carry her home have been right there on her feet?
 
 
 
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