Sentences with phrase «sex sexuality»

Abstract: In this study, we investigated the relationships between school context and heterosexual adolescents» social reasoning regarding same - sex sexuality and sexual prejudice.

In this study, we investigated the relationships between school context and heterosexual adolescents» social reasoning regarding same - sex sexuality and sexual prejudice.

Many of the recent changes to Russian laws that have been infringing on the rights of LGBTQ individuals have taken place under the guise of «protecting children» from potential sources of sexual abuse and from learning about same - sex sexuality as a «viable» alternative to heterosexuality.

Andrea Roberts and colleagues» published a study in 2013 that found «half to all of the elevated risk of childhood abuse among persons with same - sex sexuality compared to heterosexuals was due to the effects of abuse on sexuality.»

Her recent research has primarily centered on lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth because the unfolding of same - sex sexuality during adolescence and emerging adulthood is an experience for which most youth are unprepared, involves coping with experiences associated with society's stigmatization of homosexuality, and has serious implications for health and adaptation.

It's not on the same scale as coming out about same - sex sexuality, but it's hard.

This suggests that the cultural change of the last few decades extends beyond simple tolerance of gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals and their civil rights to include acceptance of same - sex sexuality and the freedom to engage in same - sex sexuality — or at least the freedom to report one has done so on a survey.

One reason is that very little sex education actually deals with same sex sexuality.

This book does not address Scripture, but it sheds important light on the cultural norms and practices that would have shaped early Christians» understandings of same - sex sexuality.

Not exact matches

Hillsong has openly opposed same - sex relationships and abortion rights, and it used to refer members «struggling» with their sexuality to conversion therapy, according to The Daily Beast.

All DVDs are reviewed internally, and 20 percent are sent to sex therapists, who make sure they depict positive human sexuality and wellness.

Mal Harrison, founder of the Center for Erotic Intelligence and former advice columnist and resident sexologist for the Museum of Sex, studies human sexuality as a science and shares her findings with the world.

Rather, what it appears to imply is that women who maintain a certain level of comfort and awareness regarding their sexuality and desires are more likely to know when they truly want to have casual sex, as opposed to going along with someone who approaches them just because.

Dr. Bat Sheva Marcus, the sexual dysfunction specialist and clinical director of The Medical Center For Female Sexuality, explains that a «sex schedule» is good for your relationship, and most happy couples have one (perhaps without realizing it).

I think that our children's children will look back at history and see the cause of the AIDS epidemic in America for what it was... not just the result of unprotected sex between promiscuous gay men... but the result of religious and social persecution of gay people that pushed them into unhealthy lifestyles and expression of their sexuality.

Like I said, because a woman is the OBJECT of a man's desire does not mean that her sexuality is important or necessary to the sex scene.

E.g. Ted Haggard, pastor of a huge charismatic church in Colorado... instead of getting therapy and accepting his sexuality gets caught in a black hole of shame and is found slipping off most weekends to cheat on his wife, do meth, and have sex with a male prostitute.

Sexuality lanced from love is a murderous boomerang that gradually destroys the joy of sex itself.

Hypothesizing that «a decrease in the cost of syphilis due to penicillin [which, in 1943, was found to treat syphilis effectively] spurred an increase in risky non-traditional sex,» the Emory University economist Andrew Francis discovered evidence that «the era of modern sexuality originated in the mid to late 1950s,» prior to the debut of oral contraceptive pills in 1960.

Those opposed to gay marriage say it goes against what the Bible says about sexuality, and that same - sex couples already have equal rights via civil partnerships.

While some programs also encourage abstinence or noncoital sex, most are concerned with teaching techniques for «safe sex»; offspring (and disease) are thus treated as (equally) avoidable side effects of sexuality, whose true purpose is only individual pleasure.

This reminds me of the way the church deals with critical issues today such as women's rights, racism, sexual abuse, sexuality and gender, same - sex marriage, corruption among its leaders, and so on.

Real ideas (by which I think he also meant realistic) contained at their core the notion that the universe is natural, objectively «out there», knowable but distinct, and informing views on sexuality, sex, marriage, death, etc..

Sean Doherty is one of the founders of Living Out, a support network for same - sex attracted Christians who want to abide by historic Christian teaching on sexuality.

livingout.org supporting same - sex attracted Christians who want to live out a traditional biblical view on sexuality

Biola then issued a «statement on human sexuality» saying, «God's design for marriage and sexuality is the foundational reason for viewing acts of sexual intimacy between a man and a woman outside of marriage, and any act of sexual intimacy between two person of the same sex, as illegitimate moral options for the confessing Christian.»

Chastity under vow is indeed a sign that sex is not love, and that love, of its very nature, transcends sexuality and the erotic function and pleasure.

However, we are all created as sexual beings and sex, or sexuality, also has a much wider sense in which the love held within the soul is expressed through our sexuality in warmth, affection and tenderness, without an erotic element, and done so in an appropriate way depending on the persons involved.

Pastors and mentors will of course feel compelled to offer guidance and prayer as young adults navigate the tricky terrain of sexuality, but they should not be deceived into thinking that the all the questions about faith, science, technology, religious pluralism, politics, justice, equality, and ethics emerging from the Millennial generation are related to sex and can be solved by abstaining from it.

We recognize the force of cultural influences and individual choice on concepts of maleness and femaleness, but we affirm that sexuality is rooted in the biological designation of the two sexes» male and female.

Add to that, a prudish sub-culture of Evangelical Christianity wholly obsessed with sex, sexuality, and purity codes (perhaps a stubborn remnant of our Puritan heritage).

The news of including teaching about same - sex relationships has not gone down well with those who consider sexuality a moral issue which parents will have different views on.

I've had conversation after conversation after conversation with women who struggled with their sexuality even after getting married — even though the marital bed was sanctioned and holy and they were with a good man, many women I know struggled with wanting sex, struggled with not feeling dirty for wanting it, struggled with being able to have a healthy sexuality within marriage.

In chapters like «The Meaning of Sex,» «Becoming a Singular Sensation,» «The Gift of the Present Moment,» «Winning the Spiritual Battle,» and «Craving Heaven,» Eden describes God's design for human sexuality, why sex is reserved for marriage, the importance of modesty, how singles struggling with loneliness and unrequited love can empower themselves through prayer and the sacraments, and why shared values with one's spouse are so vital for a successful marriaSex,» «Becoming a Singular Sensation,» «The Gift of the Present Moment,» «Winning the Spiritual Battle,» and «Craving Heaven,» Eden describes God's design for human sexuality, why sex is reserved for marriage, the importance of modesty, how singles struggling with loneliness and unrequited love can empower themselves through prayer and the sacraments, and why shared values with one's spouse are so vital for a successful marriasex is reserved for marriage, the importance of modesty, how singles struggling with loneliness and unrequited love can empower themselves through prayer and the sacraments, and why shared values with one's spouse are so vital for a successful marriage.

Sex God: Exploring the Endless Connections Between Sexuality and Spirituality by Rob Bell: People have strong opinions about Rob Bell, and I get it.

The Church's teaching on sexuality seems puzzling to many people whose understanding has been clouded by the corruption of a culture that practises and glorifies sex without commitment or even deep feeling, a culture in which the most lucrative internet business is pornography.

This revolt reflects a new consciousness of what sexuality is, and a conviction that the Christian tradition has misunderstood and rejected the creative function of sex.

However, the issue of sexuality, made concrete particularly in the question of same - sex marriage, is still dangerously confused.

The situation is similar for most aspects of human sexuality, including sex before marriage, contraception, homosexuality, cohabitation, civil partnerships and divorce.

Love and sexuality are linked in human experience, though sex is not love, and love is not always sexual.

Sex is treated as torment, or possession, or weapon against the world; but the note of gratitude for sexuality as enrichment of life, for ecstatic joy and the serenity of faithful companionship, all this gets left out of the meaning of sSex is treated as torment, or possession, or weapon against the world; but the note of gratitude for sexuality as enrichment of life, for ecstatic joy and the serenity of faithful companionship, all this gets left out of the meaning of sexsex.

We often fail to recognize that sexuality is about more than the physical act of sex.

To further illustrate his point Holloway notes that angels (as spiritual but non-bodily beings) «know love and joy, but not sex» and similarly «God loves... but in God there is no sexuality».

If sexuality seems to be marking the twentieth century with its stamp, it is certainly not that man has changed but simply that he has a different consciousness of sex, and has given it a place of its own in his scale of values.1

The past decade has seen a rapid transformation in public opinion and legal norms around sexuality, same - sex marriage, transgender rights, and religion in the public square — changes that have caused anxiety for a great number of traditional religious believers, including Christians, Muslims, and Orthodox Jews.

Long before there was a debate about same - sex anything, far too many people bought into a liberal ideology about sexuality that makes a mess of marriage: Cohabitation, no - fault divorce, extra-marital sex, non-marital childbearing, massive consumption of pornography and the hook - up culture all contributed to the breakdown of our marriage culture.

Our sexuality, which from my experience has a much broader expression than who we have sex with, involves all the ways we go about seeking embodied connection with one another.

(Not many people I know who are heterosexuals make their sexuality and sex life the main topic of discussion, though I have encountered ones who do.)

Health and sex education and home economics texts and curricula avoid any discussion of religious ways of thinking about sexuality, marriage, abortion and homosexuality.

After articulating this vision of sexuality and the human person, the catechesis treats the more controversial topics, including contraception, divorce, and same - sex marriage.