I read that the Japanese aren't even having much recreational sex. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/20/young-people-j...
It is, if done well. Otherwise I suppose it's just a chore or a duty?
It's a very challenging contact sport, for a few gifted people.
No, really, almost all sex today is both those things, like it or not. Semantic struggling notwithstanding.