Response on Marital Obligations

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Question

Is there an obligation of marital intimacy when the wife only desires affection, and is it appropriate since it leads to arousal?

Answer

Hello 

This fulfills the mitzvah of marital intimacy. 

It is permitted even if it leads to arousal, as it is done for the sake of a mitzvah. 

Source

See Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh De'ah, Siman 184, Sif 10

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