Sexual morality. Who decides?

Question

Go on, hit me with your wisdom...

Yes, who decides what is sexually moral. Seems an easy question at the outset, but...
I also think you change your mind as you grow older. If you want to mention your age, that could be interesting.

Answer 1

always, in all places, and under all circumstances, each of us makes our own decisions; and each of us lives with the consequences.

Answer 2

You as an individual may be able to influence political parties and government who then change and amend laws to make acts and relationships which were once illegal, become just immoral then ultimately make them lawful and prohibit discrimination against adherents.

It is a work in various degrees of progress or even regression in many Western democracies and less responsive to the will of the people in other systems

If you read about the sex abuse trials in Pitcairn Island or any Desmond Morris there are some some "natural" things that will still be an affront to many people

So......... we all make our own decisions but the team with the biggest sticks enforce their rules on the rest of us, so make sure you are on the winning side , unless you like that sort of thing.

Answer 3

If you are a son, daddy decides; if you are a husband, your wife decides; if you are a pupil, the teacher decides; if you are poor, the rich decide; if you are weak, the strong decide; if you are somebody, the public decides; if you are nobody then God decides. But all this does not mean that you as a individuals do not have your right to decide whether sex is moral, immoral or amoral. Oh no, You do have this right, and you often do exercise it – but only as an afterthought. You do not want to spoil all the fun by trying to do such a thing before hand, do you?

Answer 4

I think we all decide given the best information we have at the time like we would automatically know if someone wanted to pee on you or defecate on you that that isn't right although it is practised by a minority I'm sure. But the best way to judge sexual morality is from your inner being because you know if something doesn't feel right and we should all trust our instincts more and not give into things we are not comfortable with to please another feeling good about yourself is a big help to though. julie 38

Answer 5

Society depends upon everybody within it agreeing to a broad spectrum of shared values but this spectrum of freedoms and restrictions has to work at the individual as well as the group level.

Personal Choice are those freedoms and restrictions that are generated from the inside whereas intolerance are those freedoms and restrictions that another attempts to impose from the outside.

It could be said that Intolerance is what keeps freedom of choice sane and freedom of choice gives intolerance space to live, and that therefore both are equally necessary.

So to answer you question, you have to balance your need for actions that you want to perform against the retribution that society may impose on those it doesn't tolerate.

Answer 6

I do. I judge people if they practice any form of sex that hurts the society I live in. Having random partners, cheating on your partner, engaging in unnatural sex all of these things spread diseases. I hope that people who do these things never do them openly because I do not want people removing the taboo of what most of us consider sexual immorality. If we do then there will be more abortions, diseases, and deranged sexual predators. Some sexual morals I'll pass on to my children are do not have one night stands, know your partners sexual history, do not badger your partner to try something they are uncomfortable with and always stay away from the butt.

Answer 7

The laws of your country decide what is right. You also should have a sense of morality. If you make a mistake about it,then the law will correct you.

Answer 8

How can anyone else but you decide?

However the morality is not what you want to do, but what you feel is right for you to do - for yourself and for others best.

Answer 9

The government tries to dictate to us what is sexually normal by making laws against sodomy or against gay marriage. In reality no one knows what the sexual norms are because no one really knows what everyone else is doing in their bedrooms, they only talk about what is socially acceptable and keep anything else to themselves. Everyone has got a kink, if your partner agrees, go for it.

Answer 10

What is right for you is right for you but no one has the right to enforce there Sexual morality on to another (Judge not lest ye be judged)

Answer 11

The same as any other moral. The group of people you want to belong to.