Not exact matches
It's easy to discriminate against the minority cobbler down the street by traveling a few extra blocks to buy from «your own kind»; it's much harder to
act out your racist biases when buying shoes at a big department store
because, well, you have no idea what colour or sex or
sexual orientation of the person who made those shoes is.
This distinction follows
because marriage itself is a basic human good that is «consummated and actualized by
sexual acts of the reproductive type» regardless of fertility.
This is a clever move
because in addition to undercutting traditional
sexual morality it also suggests that those who are concerned with the topic are
acting on some secret ulterior....
In the previous chapter we noted one consequence in Augustine's view of sex in which he justifies
sexual abstinence
because the giving up of temporal love for love of the eternal is an
act of prudence in view of the superiority of the eternal.25
We've isolated and condemned homosexuality as an especially egregious sin
because 1) it's a
sexual thing (and we're obsessed with sex), 2) it's relatively easy to identify and name, (unlike gossip and materialism and greed, which are condemned more often in the Bible and are more pervasive in our culture), and 3) it is «other,» (when you're straight, and in no danger of committing homosexual
acts yourself, it's easy to call it an abomination
because it's easier to remove specks from others people's eyes.)
Nevertheless, precisely
because moral
acts are relative in this way, in all
sexual relations certain promises are necessary if the parties involved are not to harm one another, affront one another's dignity, or illegitimately rob one another of their liberty.
Privatizers of sex insist on their right to display
sexual acts in public precisely
because they believe that sex has no serious social effects.
So the male, who is not necessary for the virginal conception
because he is superseded by God whose determining power he ministers in the
sexual act, is therefore necessary for the procreation by which new human persons are created through the initiative of other men.
Yet, some biblical scholars point out that this passage can only refer to the homosexual
acts of heterosexual persons.7 This is
because the writers of the Bible did not distinguish between a homosexual orientation and same - gender
sexual acts.
The culmination of
sexual relations, the petit mort, recalls our mortality, for we produce children precisely
because we know we are going to die; the sex
act for its own sake is redolent of mortality without the promise of immortality.
With this in mind, and always referring back to your wedding vowes and what you committed yourself to do on the day that you've got married, there would seem to be little doubt that
sexual refusal does constitute an
act of deliberate unfaithfulness to your spouse, simply
because you are refusing to honour your promise to them to be a faithful
sexual partner.
Breasts are definitely
sexual — both
because they are a source of
sexual pleasure, and also
because the
act of using one's body to feed one's young is a part of mammalian reproduction, and hence is
sexual.
I know men who think breastfeeding is gross
because they think it is basically just a
sexual act.
Despite the fact that in her presentation she is clear of the influx of aid workers and researchers from the Global North coming into communities in the DRC to question abuse survivors (she reveals, for example, that only oral permission is obtained
because the
act of signing a document has taken on the meaning that the signer is entitled to some form of aid), she believes that US military personnel should be direct (and, it would seem, demanding) about the subject of
sexual assault.
When Paterson was asked if he would take part in pushing through the marriage bill following his inauguration in January 2007, he told the New York Blade, «I'm not going to be in that fight — I'm going to be in front of that fight
because my first day as [senate minority leader] was the day we passed the
Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination
Act.
Because there is no destination in mind during the
sexual act, which can bring a person to transcendence.
«It took us a little back
because people actually looked at us in a shameful [way], and we were like, «Oh my God,»
because it's so not a
sexual act.
Victims are lured into an online relationship through social media or pornographic websites; they are then coerced into performing
sexual acts in front of the camera, the CAFC said.This ensures a better chance at developing a lasting relationship
because it's built on more than merely attraction and chemistry.We believe in the quality of the introduction rather than the quantity.Anonymous tips can be submitted to Crime Stoppers at 416 -222-TIPS (8477), online at text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637), or Leave A Tip on Facebook.When it comes to the apps on our phones, we tend to become loyal to a select few.
The article, which was written by Wes Terrian in 2008, states that being involved in a
sexual encounter with other people allows women to experience sex from a man's perspective, AKA the way men see sex while watching porn, that women normally aren't able to do
because of their natural emotional connection to the
act.
I've heard of cuffing season, but I never really figured humans had a clear - cut mating season — probably
because I never really considered the
act of
sexual intercourse as «mating.»
And
because the movie depicts rape,
sexual mutilation, and murder, and especially
because the third
act involves a dead girl's father taking revenge on her behalf, à la Bergman's The Virgin Spring, Night Train Murders is often regarded as a blatant knock - off of The Last House on the Left.
The proposal, which was prompted by the scandal enveloping the Los Angeles Unified School District over the long career of former Miramonte Elementary School teacher Mark Berndt, who now faces 23 charges of what the law politely calls lewd
acts upon a child, arose the ire of the two unions
because it would have allowed school districts to suspend teachers accused of alleged
sexual and substance abuse crimes without pay and allowed dismissals to be presented before an administrative law judge instead of the usual three - person panel of the state's Professional Competence commission that is largely slated in favor of NEA and AFT.
The Federal Equal Credit Opportunity
Act and comparable provisions of Massachusetts law prohibit creditors from discriminating against credit applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, sex,
sexual orientation, ancestry, handicap, marital status, age (provided that the applicant has the capacity to enter into a binding contract), or
because all or part of the applicant's income derives from any public assistance program.
In their book Old Mistresses: Women, Art and Ideology (1981), Griselda Pollock and Rozsika Parker wrote that, «Women artists have always existed, but
because of the economic, social and ideological effects of
sexual difference in western, patriarchal culture, women have spoken and
acted from a different place within that society and culture».
If
sexual orientation is a choice, then
sexual minorities don't really exist,
because supposed members of these minorities are just members of the heterosexual majority who have made the decision to «
act» like they aren't a member of the heterosexual majority.
As well, Ontario's Occupational Health and Safety
Act (OHSA) defines workplace
sexual harassment as «engaging in a course of vexatious comment or conduct against a worker in a workplace
because of sex,
sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, where the course of comment or conduct is known or ought reasonably to be known to be unwelcome.»
Vriend attempted to file a human rights complaint, but the Alberta Human Rights Commission refused to accept the complaint
because sexual orientation was not included as a protected ground under the Individual's Rights Protection
Act.
The Post defendants argue that the statement does not have a defamatory meaning
because the statement only reported that plaintiff had a
sexual fantasy; it did not report that plaintiff actually engaged in
sexual conduct with multiple men and multiple women or otherwise
acted on the fantasy.
The Commission advised him that he could not make such a claim
because sexual orientation was not a protected ground under the Individual's Rights Protection
Act (the «IRPA») of Alberta.
The definition of «
because of sex» has expanded over the years, through both legislation and court decisions, to include more specific
acts like
sexual harassment and pregnancy discrimination.
For example, except in rare cases, the complainant's
sexual history can't be made part of the trial and defence lawyers can't use it to argue that a complainant was more likely to have consented
because they consented to other
acts in the past, or that the complainant is generally less worthy of belief.
71.1 Section 71 also applies to an order made by a panel of the Discipline Committee
because of a finding that a member has committed
sexual abuse of the kind described in paragraph 3 of subsection 51 (5) or an
act of professional misconduct described in subsection 51 (5.2).
The Casebook also includes court decisions from Canada: Haig v. Canada (1992)(omission of
sexual orientation in the Canadian Human Rights
Act is discriminatory); Egan v. Canada (1995)(whether exclusion of same - sex relationships from the definition of common law spouse violated the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Section 15 prohibition of discrimination on the basis of
sexual orientation); Vriend v. Alberta (1998)(college laboratory instructor dismissed
because of his homosexuality); Hall v. Powers (2002)(student refused permission to attend a prom at a Catholic high school with his boyfriend); Halpern et al. v. Attorney General of Canada (2003)(whether denial of marriage licenses to same - sex couples based on the common law definition of marriage was discriminatory under the Charter; a postscript indicates that the 2005 Civil Marriage
Act provided for gender - neutral definition of marriage).
Men
acted on inappropriate attraction more than women, and this occurred
because men had stronger
sexual impulses, rather than men being less able to exert self - control.
Or you might feel desperate to get help
because you are no longer able to ignore the pain caused by
sexual acting - out.
In addition, don't automatically assign sales associates to work with prospective clients simply
because the client and the sales associate are both members of the same protected class under the federal Fair Housing
Act (race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, and familial status) or their state's fair housing laws (which may also include
sexual orientation, marital status, and source of income).