I thought French was supposed to be a romantic language, not a language of black widows and faded roses. You could say in a Feminist tone that then sex is about giving up a bit of one's life to the partner.
Apparently it's just called that b/c of the lack of breathing, but it's just gossip. All this could be false. I wouldn't mind if it was. Little death. Eww. Shudder.
