Does a Sub Need to be Sexual in a D/S Relationship?

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Does a Sub need to be sexual in a D/S relationship? My answer was, no if needs are being met.  Sex does not need to be part of it. 
Papa Tony:

I have met and interacted with tens of thousands of kinky relationships of every kind. Every couple, triple or Leather Family has made different agreements that work well for all concerned, at least until they don’t.

I have seen non-sexual Dom/sub relationships, and have been in one myself. I’d be the last one to tell people that it would be wrong, broken or inappropriate.

UPDATE: After pondering further, I would like to add a bit: Again, life is not a porn movie. It’s messy, random, and we constantly have to negotiate for our wants and desires.

In my own case, I realize that I have actually been in TWO non-sexual D/s relationships. They were both passionately powerflow-oriented, but I had no sexual attraction for them (one was a woman). After a while, it stopped working, because both of them wanted more than I could give. We parted ways affectionately.