I was talking to some girl I know about sex before marriage, and I made the argument that most people who are celibate until marriage do so out of fear of being ostracized by their religious community or family. Her reply was, "Or maybe they just have morals." Her response irked me, but I couldn't really put what I was thinking into words until I made this thread.
Now I turn to you, Escapists, and I ask whether morality should apply to sex.
My personal belief is that morality has no place when it comes to consensual sex. Sure, I think infidelity is immoral. But that has everything to do with honesty, trust, and loyalty, and nothing to do with sex. It shouldn't be considered immoral to like sex, even with many partners. Unsafe? Arguably. But immoral? I'll tell you what's immoral - murder. Rape. Slavery. Stealing.
Another thing that upsets me is how many people who wait until marriage to have sex naturally take the moral high ground. All you did was adhere to a custom that dates back to a time when women were property, congratulations. In my opinion, the only difference between me choosing to have sex now and another person waiting until marriage is that I get discriminated against come tax season.
Now I turn to you, Escapists, and I ask whether morality should apply to sex.
My personal belief is that morality has no place when it comes to consensual sex. Sure, I think infidelity is immoral. But that has everything to do with honesty, trust, and loyalty, and nothing to do with sex. It shouldn't be considered immoral to like sex, even with many partners. Unsafe? Arguably. But immoral? I'll tell you what's immoral - murder. Rape. Slavery. Stealing.
Another thing that upsets me is how many people who wait until marriage to have sex naturally take the moral high ground. All you did was adhere to a custom that dates back to a time when women were property, congratulations. In my opinion, the only difference between me choosing to have sex now and another person waiting until marriage is that I get discriminated against come tax season.