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Is using sex right or wrong?

We all talk about sex in the spiritual and emotional terms. Everyone always says how special and wonderful it is. Put all that aside. What I want to ask is in today's society how do we use sex? And is it right or wrong? Please put aside religion, I'd like to see what people think from the ethical or moral perspectives? Ethical being the overall right or wrong...if you haven't thoroughly studied philosophy please do not attempt this. Moral meaning the societal views and acceptance or not of the issue. We all hear that women use sex to gain respect from men? If you don't put out he respects you... And men use sex to gain praise from their friends? Is either right or wrong? and how should sex be used if at all? Once again no religious bashing please.


  • maturity and knowledge is the key

    why is it that we can watch people kill one another on the television, sell toy weapons to children, and own a real gun just for the hell of it, but to have sex is one of the most forbidden sins. i agree that we should not throw our bodies around as we please, but that's morality, plain and simple. but if we weren't meant to have sex, we wouldn't have been given the proper equipment to carry out the acts. and when sex is taken seriously and people are responsible about it, it can be a pleasurable experience that can strengthen a relationship between man and woman, man and man, or woman and woman. sex is not a sin. misuse of sex is the real sin.

    37%  Voted for by key to existence, Kei-Aira, trolly.
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  • Sex and ice cream

    We all eat ice cream (except maybe diabetics) because it tastes good and we use sex because it feels good! Using sex with consenting others is no more or less than eating ice cream with others. Unfortunately, sex, unlike ice cream, is burdened with excess neurotic baggage that takes some of the joy out of it!

    37%  Voted for by Weydon, ostrasized, bowmore bill.
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  • Hmm...

    Sex is wrong if you are not married or if you are commiting aldutery with someone out of your marriage. Sex is right if you are married and if you are only doing it with one partner. It's that simple. I mean, how would you feel if you married someone and you find out they didn't "save themselves" for that special person, for you? You wouldn't really feel all-that special, now, would you? That's my opinion, though, soooo...yeah...

    Voted for by Lucy Pevensie.
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  • We Use It

    On the ethical side. Since using sex when all are consenting adults is not wrong. It does not harm either person intentionally, and it doesn't disrupt the flow of opinions in the world. You're not disregarding someone's emotions or thoughts, so ethically I see nothing wrong with it. Morally on the other hand society has tried to make it seem that using sex is wrong. However it seems to have instead condoned it. We'd all like to say that morally none of us use sex, but women often refuse to have sex, not because they don't want to but because they want the man to respect them, and men have sex because they want to brag to their friends. So is either morally corupt. It seems that society has allowed all this and so it can't be morally corupt, since morals arise from the group, and as society dictates morals, society dictates the use of sex. Therefore using sex, where the indiciduals are consenting adults seems from the philosophical persepective ethically and morally sound. If you disagree please show me the other side. I am very willing to listen and would love to here any other views on the subject.

    Voted for by IvoryRose.
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