Sexual Morality
Throughout the course of history there have been numerous
controversial matters. One of the issues that has the most double standard is
sexual morality. Religion has been the corner stone for centuries dictating
what is moral and what is also considered immoral. The issue with religion and society
being the corner stone of what is considered moral is that males were the ones
in charge of making rules, therefore the rules are skewed in the favor of men. One
of the biggest issues with sexual morality is that there was a double standard and
there still is a double standard. As a society today pretend that we don’t really
care about sexual morality of a woman having sexual relationships with random
partners but the bottom line is that if a female writes a post on social media
that she sleeps with random partners daily and a male posted the same situation
on social media, the female will be called a variety of derogatory terms while
the male will be praised for his sexual prowess.
The contemporary issue of sexual morality did not affect
my personal principles, or the social principle anarchism. Sexual morality in the
anarchist society is interpreted differently than that of a communist society. In
an anarchist society people are free of any social norms has to which they
should live by. In an anarchist society the individuals who live in each community
makes the rules, there are no churches, no marriages, no state, therefore they
follow what they believe is moral and just. As appose to the communist society
that is governed by social norms and state which dictate what is moral and
just. Therefore, I think that it would be likely that sexual morality is very conservative,
restricting individuals especially women to one partner. As for my personal
principle which were to be respectful, polite, and helpful to everyone but most
importantly to the elderly. In reference to my personal principles, if the
persons involved with the sexual acts are respectful to each other’s wishes it
would be moral to have sex with as many people as the person desires for as
long as they want because there is mutual respect. As with the example of
having relations with animals it wouldn't be moral according to the personal
principles that I have indicated because they is not a way for an animal to be
respectful and polite to the human involved by virtue of the fact that the
animal cannot communicate consent therefore it is indeed a violation of one of
the parties involved. Thinking about my personal principles in reference to the
sexual morality helped me to differentiate between what I thought was moral and
what is not.
Alan Goldman’s philosophy of sex I believe would be
the closest to my personal ideologies because he makes excellent point
regarding sex and what is it. As Goldman stated when a person is attracted to
another person’s personality they do not generally want to continue to speak to
the individual, they usual desire physical contact with this person. This physical attract can result in the
person feeling very comfortable and much closer to person then before. The desire
for physical contact also follows Taoism in the sense that Taoism says to
essentially partake in activities that make one truly happy. Therefore if
having sex with one hundred people makes the person happy by all mean they
should “get their freak on”. Nonetheless I can say that they are many flaws in
his paper because mankind cannot be painted in black and white, we are far too
complex beings.
in sum, i believe sexual morality should be a personal choice that should not be judged by others.
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