The only limit that I would place upon enjoying regular sex is that it should be done in a manner to ensure the maximum safety of all partners involved, and that everybody involved should be consenting adults. Any occasions where people are being hurt or tortured for the sexual pleasure of the person inflicting the pain should not be allowed. If such pain is however induced for the pleasure and with the consent of everybody, I don't see why I should judge.
In terms of homosexuality and the other "perversions" mentioned above, I have also modified my views. Sex has more than one purpose. While one happy connection with the act can indeed be children, sex can also be driven by sheer physical need, or by a deeper emotional love resulting from spending a number of years with one (or even several) partner. I do not therefore see why it should be condemned when both partners are of the same gender.
b. Admittedly the above views are significantly different from the ones I've grown up with. A number of reasons could be given for this, I suppose, but mostly I was influenced by several societal factors. One of these is the paradigm of equality. If I believed in the equality of everybody, I certainly could not believe that homosexual people, cross dressers and other persons guilty of "perverted" behavior was any more perverted than I was with my teenaged desires spilling out of me and engulfing everything I'd ever been taught about sexuality.
While I was not as such influenced by my peers, I was influenced by the changes occurring in my own body. My developing sexuality put me in closer touch with the rest of society. What I was taught on an intellectual level took a secondary position to what I felt within my body. I no longer could believe that serving the needs of the body could not be a vehicle to higher spirituality.
Finally, my main influence was the attitude with which I was taught the above-mentioned rigid attitude. My parents to a lesser extent and my teachers to a greater extent all acted as if I should be ashamed of my body. This was not a feeling I enjoyed, and during my whole life I tried to pursue a more pleasurable state of affairs. Thus part of my enlightenment is the pursuit of personal...
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