2007-12-27 14:36:44 · 55 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
It is now, required, of me for life, and Im not sure I can do keep it up....
2007-12-27 14:47:48 · update #1
Yes it's natural. Why wouldn't it be? People should do what is comfortable for them. I didn't have sex until I was 27 yrs old. And after that relationship ended I have not had sex since, that is by choice.
2007-12-27 14:47:54 · answer #1 · answered by phree 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Over one's life time there will be periods where being celibate is the natural response to what is going on in your life---changes in your physical or mental health or that of your partner's, or when circumstances makes a partner not available for a long periods of time. Or in some cases, sexual energy is redirected to a cause such as nuns and priest are suppose to do. No one should ever hang their self-worth on whether they are sexually more or less active than the norm. No matter what you are---celibate or sexually active---it can and probably will change back and forth many times before you die, if nothing more than for a few weeks around the birth of one's children.
2007-12-27 15:11:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes it totally is. I was celibate for 2 years before I decided to take the plunge again. I think a lot of different things have to factor into it. I had just gotten out of a bad relationship, and was about to start a new university. So I said to myself, let's focus on school and job and keep busy. It was hard the first few months but after that I had little time ot think about sex.
2007-12-27 14:39:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 0⤋
I am... And I am planning on staying celibate for a long time to come...
I don't have the financial resources, emotional resources, or time resources to date and other then a perodic fun night out at a club I am happy to stay alone.
I am very open about my life... And I can honestly say that staying "Solo" (in all meanings of the word) has been more fulfilling then being with someone that isn't right for me or that I am with just to "be with someone".
I concider my friendships to be of much more importance to me then any type of physical relationship...
I am currently happy and if/when that changes I will start looking for a partner but until that day I am happy to be by myself!
2007-12-27 14:42:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I have been celibate for over 3 years now,and i am only 28!
I split up with the father of my children, and dont want my kids to meet a load of different men!
2007-12-30 02:25:58 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's probably natural to be celibate up to the age of about 13 but obviously, not legal to do anything until you are a bit older.
2007-12-28 04:50:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's a persons choice, but what concerns me about your question is that you say it's now required of you and you're not sure if you can keep it up, whch suggests that it's not entirely your choice?
Biologically speaking celibacy isn't 'natural' because we wouldn't procreate and there would be an end to the species but if that's what you want then it is natural for you.
2007-12-27 23:15:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
First of all, "Celibate" means to never marry or take a spouse or a partner. "Chaste" means to never indulge in the pleasures of the flesh. Two distinct situations. Which are you referring to? Neither situation is natural. Humans are reproductive beings the same as all life. The ability to choose and reason has no effect on the natural cycles of life. It is a mental state, not a physical one.
2007-12-27 14:43:58 · answer #8 · answered by ToolManJobber 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think that being celibate does go against our nature as humans. However I don't believe that celibacy is wrong because it isn't natural. Circumcisions, birth control, and many other things also go against our nature as humans yet these things are not necessarily bad.
2007-12-27 14:43:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why is it required of you? Are you becoming a Nun?
It is not "un-natural" to be celibate if you are a man. It is "un-natural" if you are a woman. In the past, in tribal societies, it was normal for dominant men to have more partners, or for boys to pass manhood initiation rites before marying. This meant that some men did not have the right to have children, or wives. Women. on the other hand, were expected to have children, and had no rights in this regard.
In the civilised world, of course, you can do as you please, or not do, as the case may be.
2007-12-27 15:09:09 · answer #10 · answered by Labsci 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It is for people like myself with not interest in sex and no natural sex drive. For other people, I hear it is very difficult over extended time. Therefore I'd say it is natural for some but not most people. I suppose the difficulties for people without a sex drive to find and maintain a relationship probably balance the difficulties for someone with a sex drive to remain celibate.
2007-12-27 16:23:37 · answer #11 · answered by Maverick 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋