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The video (around 8 minutes) on this page is very thought-provoking. A 19 year-old male had a (consentual) sexual relationship with his 15 year-old girlfriend, and was convicted for statutory rape, including on-going public identification as a sex-offender. This scenario re-raises not only the question of sexual ethics (How old should a person be to have sex?), but also raises . . . → Read More: age of consent?  13 comments - (Comments are closed)  ethics  belief, debate, ethics, general, morals, politics, relationships, sexuality I’ve posted before on this topic, and thought I’d share a bit more about it. Hopefully, these thoughts will be helpful in aiding fruitful discussion… I’ve observed a distinction between 3 things that I feel are necessary to distinguish between in order to most helpfully discuss the topic of sexuality. Actually, these three things can, I suggest, be distinguished helpfully . . . → Read More: sexual identity – again… 38 comments - (Comments are closed) christianity, ethics belief, conflict, culture, current event, debate, discernment, emotions, ethics, humanity, identity, imagination, life, morals, relationships, sexuality There are a few, perhaps, who would answer this question with a casual (or insistent) “None. Get over it”, but most, I suspect, would agree: porn (obviously only for societies that have it) is a problem. Some better questions would be ‘what kind of problem is it?’, ‘where does it come from?’ and ‘how do people deal with it?’ Jason . . . → Read More: what’s the problem with porn? 6 comments - (Comments are closed) christianity, ethics, philosophy advertising, culture, death, dignity, ethics, evil, general, humanity, identity, imagination, intimacy, life, morals, porn, relationships, sexuality, temptation, wisdom “In a free society, there has to be a happy medium between burqas and boobs on bikes.” Tapu Misa has just written another great article discussing popular culture, advertising, sex and all that… Have a read of it here. She’s in touch with both research and public opinion, and wonderfully expresses her own convictions without losing touch with those who . . . → Read More: sex: taboo or tapu? 4 comments - (Comments are closed) christianity, ethics, www advertising, community, culture, debate, dignity, discernment, ethics, family, humanity, imagination, life, love, morals, relationships, sexuality, Tapu Misa I’m well aware of this topics’ controversial nature. In fact, that’s part of the reason I’ve been wanting to write about this for a while. What I do not want to do is quote verses or provide what I think ‘the Bible says’ about this issue. Of course, I do have a view on that, but that specific pathway into . . . → Read More: sexual identity remixed 33 comments - (Comments are closed) christianity, ethics, philosophy debate, ethics, identity, morals, philosophy, sexuality Attention couples!!! We’re quite educated in the ways of showing affection, aren’t we? Two flawless bodies on a billboard with arms and legs intertwined in new, creative ways… just shocking enough to make you want to buy the clothes they are half-wearing… two people on a park bench rubbing each other up and down as if they were freezing to . . . → Read More: love and firewood 3 comments - (Comments are closed) bible, christianity, ethics learning, love, relationships, sexuality |
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