At this stage in my life, I couldn't do sex without love. When I was younger, what the heck. Anything went. But now, if I don't feel connected to a man, I would never consider sex. For me right now, sex without love would be a dirty deed. I need my sex to be making love, not just having sex. I think I would feel very empty afterwards if I didn't love the guy.
When I was younger, sex without love was just that, empty sex. All the unknowns of will he call me? I wonder if it was good for him. It was more of a conquest rather than true sexual fulfillment. These days, I'm holding out for the sexual fulfillment. To me, that's priceless.
As I think about it, the last 2 years of my marriage were basically sex without love. We really weren't in love any more, and I felt it more my duty than a desire for sex with my stbx. It was empty then, too. Yuk.