To make the latter claim is to run counter to the approach of much popular and well - intentioned Catholic thought, thought that has tended to so exalt the goodness of sex that it has often seemed to imply that marriage is for sex
rather than sex being for family.
«There is good lobbying and bad lobbying, just like there is good sex and bad sex, but I think most of us would prefer to have bad sex
rather than no sex at all.»
You will see that in many sugar daddy relationships the man actually tries to concentrate on the romance part
rather than the sex part and we all know what happens when women are showered with love.
She is looking for companionship
rather than sex — for someone who wants her for herself.
Sexuality is something to be repressed or at least released in a «harmless» way, resulting in a perverse obsession with the idea of sex
rather than sex itself.
Some suggestive song lyrics and an awkward shower scene, based on a complex situation
rather than sex, are played out on screen as well.
Audi is going for timeless subtlety
rather than the sex appeal of the Mercedes C - Class or the boldness of the Lexus IS.
A powerful, deeply personal and often lyrical memoir of a woman learning to value herself as a person
rather than a sex object, after years of sexual abuse by her father.
Cleopatra emerges as a groundbreaking female leader, relying on her wits, determination, and political acumen
rather than sex appeal to astutely wield her power in order to get the job done.
This advice has a familiar ring, of course: propped up by a bit of Freudianism and some tag - lines from the social sciences about the well - rounded personality, preparation for woman's chief career, marriage, and the unfemininity of deep involvement with work
rather than sex, it is still the mainstay of the Feminine Mystique.
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Rather than sex, these paintings are narratives of their own making.
He's described his work as being «about pornography and news reports from warzones
rather than sex and death.»
In 1872, Victoria Woodhull ran for president, and while it is true there were questions about her eligibility, that was because of her age
rather than sex.
The board found that «discrimination on the basis of breastfeeding, if it is discrimination, is discrimination on the basis of family status
rather than sex or gender.»
Being attracted to someone mostly because of the conversations you have (
rather than the sex you share) is not an iron - clad guarantee of long - term relationship success, but it certainly helps.
She begins by pointing out that our first instinct is to seek contact and comforting connection
rather than sex or aggression.
Not exact matches
That brought to 21 the number of cases of people who contracted the disease locally,
rather than while traveling overseas or having
sex with a carrier.
Reformed pimp, Isaiah Reed, talks about why girls are shipped overseas to work in the
sex trade
rather than used in the United States.
Florida's public health department has said that there are now a total of 14 cases in the community that were likely contracted from local mosquitoes
rather than from someone traveling abroad or having
sex with a partner who was infected while abroad.
A study finds more
than half of American women would
rather give up
sex than their mobile devices.
We tell couples that just because they wait, their
sex life will be great,
rather than preparing them for the potential issues that might arise along the way.
One of the most challenging points to get across about this issue in general is that a larger proportion of the exploitation resides inside forced manual labor,
rather than in
sex slavery.
It was,
rather, to show proponents of same -
sex marriage that «the other side» is reasonable and that their arguments are worth engaging,
rather than dismissing out of hand as irrational and merely or privately religious.
There is an argument that prejudice,
rather than real moral and prudential concerns, motivates the bans on same -
sex marriage.
[I disagree with the assertion that Mars Hill is a cult, but I think Fred's point about our tendency to see sexual betrayal as bad «because it involves
sex rather than because it involves betrayal» is spot - on, and his concerns about Driscoll's preoccupation with
sex and power are, of course, warranted.]
The challenge facing the church is to discard the unproven scientific theories of the 1980's and 1990's; to understand the scientific evidence that shows non-reverable sexual orientations; and to give the gay believer in Christ mercy to be married for life to the same
sex spouse (
rather than to continue to insist on the sacrifice of celibacy).
But we are presently in a culture so estranged from our bodies, and male - female relationships are in such an overall mess (with
sex redefined in terms of power
rather than vulnerability), that it is hard to know where to start.
The same confusion leads many Christians to see sexual predation as bad because it involves
sex rather than because it is predatory.
It's the confusion that sees sexual betrayal as bad because it involves
sex rather than because it involves betrayal.
But the purity movement doesn't want the dangers of
sex realistically discussed or it would be behind truly educational
sex education
rather than abstinence only programs.
Very often this diversity is delineated entirely in terms of the
sex, race, or ethnicity of the person or group speaking
rather than any substantive difference in moral or political aims.
Sex Before the Fall If the primary purpose of sex is for children rather than for making love, how would this have been experienced before the Fall, before concupiscen
Sex Before the Fall If the primary purpose of
sex is for children rather than for making love, how would this have been experienced before the Fall, before concupiscen
sex is for children
rather than for making love, how would this have been experienced before the Fall, before concupiscence?
Correction: In describing J. Michael Bailey's study of identical - twin pairs in his «Same -
Sex Science» (February), Stanton L. Jones should have referred to 41
rather than 42 pairs studied.
Whenever
sex is these things, it can not help but be wrong, for it destroys
rather than creates life.
But it is through the mutual self - giving in love that our humanity is established (whether in
sex or beyond),
rather than the abstract experience of pleasure or the fulfillment of a craving or felt need.
I also think many efforts at
sex education — those built merely around disease and pregnancy prevention
rather than human dignity — have hurt people and diminished civil society.
Similarly, while there may be some value in the refusal to take a moral stance on homosexuality — in order to focus squarely on the nature of marriage
rather than on same -
sex relationships — I am less
than persuaded by the authors» moral judgment that people's sexual relationships are a private issue.
As one woman painfully shared with me, «he chooses to have
sex with women onscreen,
rather than make love to me».
If we succeed in changing the hierarchies we have imposed on people according to their race and color and
sex, then we can have a world of persons, of horizontal relationship
rather than hierarchy, a world of expression
rather than oppression, where «there are no more distinctions between Jew and Greek, slave and free, male and female,» where we are all «one in Christ Jesus.»
The father in the story may have really meant that it would be better if he himself was dead
rather than to be subjected to daily reminders that his teen rejects his moral values and family rules — specifically the one pertaining to
sex outside of marriage.
That kind of historical evidence has emerged often enough to suggest that
rather than having enormous premature babies, ordinary people like Hannah and Elijah were having premarital
sex (Family Life and Illicit Love in Earlier Generations, by P. Laslett [Cambridge University Press, 1977]-RRB-.
It is wise to avoid affiliation with any religious community that emphasizes the Decalogue
rather than the Beatitudes and if you are pressured for
sex or money, run as if escaping hell, because you are!
I am not convinced that... surgical interventions are necessarily the right response for people... The reason I'm unsure is that if someone's gender identity does not match with their physical body, our culture treats our gender identity as what really defines us,
rather than our physical
sex.
Where, at the beginning of the novel, marriage has already occurred, love may well be sought outside marriage; the rendering of a love that both issues in marriage and develops and matures within it is much less usual... The more recent convention that «love» is the precondition not of marriage but of»
sex» is a natural development of tradition
rather than a reaction against it.»
If we are engaged in chastity education
rather than giving information about
sex, it is easy to show that such education, is part of the character building for children that finds its natural place in the home.
We should be looking for ways to make our economy more family - friendly
rather than getting our knickers in a wad over same -
sex spousal relationships if we are really concerned about strengthening the emotional bonds necessary to bind family members together so that the family may once again become the primary building block for a healthy society.
Those of us who believe, for instance, that surgical intervention might not be an appropriate remedy in the case of those experiencing confusion about their
sex are ridiculed as intolerant or bigoted,
rather than offered the opportunity to debate.
As we learn to relate to each other first as persons and then as
sex objects,
rather than vice versa, this becomes increasingly possible.
It also detaches
sex from sexuality, making
sex a performance motivated by the ego
rather than by basic instinctual needs.
Romans is the only place that could be seen in such a fashion, and yet Paul separates the same -
sex acts from his sin list and uses words of cultural adnormality and condemnation
rather than words expressing ethics or morality as he does for the sin list.