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"Is sex like young children wrestling? An essay in TA".
Dr.Petran
It is true that games often mimic sexual intercourse. Some studies have shown that there is a sexual basis behind some games such as when children play the "doctor". It is actually interesting that many games reflect various biological, interpersonal and social processes, mostly those which seem to be evolutionary hard-wired e.g. sexual attraction, domination and territorial protection as well as the hierarchical organization of the society. As you said, play in young children is free of more elaborate social learning and hence tends to reflect the most basic of human processes. So, in a way, yes, some games tend to reflect more basic sexual processes.
Now, is adult-sex the re-experiencing of play? Well, as it was stated before, normal sexual attraction and intercourse as well as some specific games both seem to arise from basic sexual instincts. But i thing that it is wrong to assume that sex in a way derives, or it is caused, by mental processes which were active during child-play. Its just that since both of these processes derive from a unitary biological cause (sexual instincts in the brain), the brain "understands" the similarity and associates them. In the same way you did! It is normal, that, when the brain "associates" two things which share structural, functional or temporal characteristics, it tends to asume "causality", that one thing causes the other whereas this is not always the case (ofcourse it could be). Well, thats my opinion!
 
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