...Research Paper on Premarital Sex Arenas, Jhonar L. Social Dimensions of Education Mr. Joey Semilla SEPTEMBER 2012 Jhonar L. Arenas Sir Semilla Educ. 3 29 September 2012 Premarital Sex Premarital sex is sexual intercourse engaged in by persons who are unmarried. It is generally used in reference to individuals who are presumed not yet of marriageable age or between adults who will presumably marry eventually, but who are engaging in sexual activity prior to marriage (Wikipedia, 2009). Premarital Sex is so common nowadays because of the messages we receive from most TV shows and movies that tells us “everyone is doing it”. So, is it okay to engage in premarital sex? That is the common question among teens and engaged couples but then again, there are a lot of factors to consider – Is it moral? Is it safe physically and emotionally? What are the causes and effects of premarital sex? What are the teachings of the Church regarding the issue? Is it moral? Morality is such a big factor to consider when deciding whether or not to have premarital sex. The Bible refers to premarital sex as fornication. Fornication is sexual intercourse between people who are not married to each other (Premarital Sex, 2009). According to the Bible there is a distinction between premarital sex and adultery. “Adultery involves married persons while premarital sex involves those who are unmarried. Premarital Sex is just as much as sin as adultery and all other forms of sexual immortality...
Words: 1627 - Pages: 7
...Running head: FEDERAL DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT (DOMA) ANALYSIS Federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) Analysis Ashanti Craine Northwestern State University Analysis of Contemporary Social Policy Issues SOWK 4350 Professor Sepora Fisher, LCSW April 29, 2013 Abstract The Law plays a prominent role in the everyday life of same-sex couples, continuing regulations and constant policing of sexuality and gender form around every aspect of same-sex couple and their marriage. Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) a federal law designed to uphold the traditional meaning of marriage which is described as a union between one man and one woman by not recognizing same-sex marriage and taking the option away from the states to make their own decision. DOMA has become a leading problem not just for the same-sex couples who are denied the rights and privileges in which opposite-sex couples are afforded under the federal law, but DOMA has also been called into question for its constitutionality and whether it not only goes against equal protection for American citizens but also legally discriminates against a group strictly based off their gender and sexuality. Federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) Analysis Problems that Necessitate the Policy: Section 2 of DOMA says “no State, territory, or possession of the United States, or Indian tribe, shall be required to give effect to any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other State, territory, possession, or tribe respecting...
Words: 3386 - Pages: 14
...1- Choose one idea – and create a refined brainstorm list of 15-20 key words related to the topic. I will choose the topic Reusable Shopping bags. Condoms in Schools Safe sex Sexually transmitted diseases Abstinence till marriage Condoms Teen pregnancy is high Sexual Behavior Religious communities do not favor condom distribution in high schools. Risk avoidance Comprehensive sexuality education Youth National School Condom Availability Clearinghouse School Faculty – Nurses, Teachers, Counselors Government funds Tax Payers Choices for young ladies Cost-effective True Love Waits Parents' choice 2- Group ideas from refined brainstorm you want to use in outline 3- No Sex Education---------------Abstinence--------------Comprehensive sexuality education Government Funds Religious Groups Safe Sex Tax Payers Sex until marriage Risk Avoidance Inappropriate True Love Waits Choices for young ladies Parents' choice No cost School Faculty Sexually Transmitted Diseases 4- General Purpose: Persuasive Speech of Conviction – 5-9 minutes 5- Specific Purpose Statement: I want my audience to believe the only way to ensure every teen can prevent Sexually transmitted diseases...
Words: 1570 - Pages: 7
...Programs Sex education is important, but many students finish sex education classes with a distorted view of sexuality and without a good understanding of contraception and safe-sex practices. Instead, children only learn that they should not have sex until they are married. Abstinence-only programs in public schools have become popular because of a law giving millions of dollars to schools that teach the programs. These programs have the good intention of persuading young people to wait until marriage before having sex, but abstinence-only programs are not achieving this goal and are flawed by the distorted and biased perspective that they promote. In 1996, the United States government passed a law giving funding to states that offered abstinence-only programs in public schools. Since this time, over half of a billion dollars has been given to states to promote abstinence-only programs (Brody). To receive the money, schools must agree to follow a set of rules. The rules indicate that a school’s abstinence-only program must have "as its exclusive purpose teaching the social, psychological, and health gains to be realized by abstaining from sexual activity" ("Impacts"). Students must be taught that they are likely to suffer harmful effects if they have sex before marriage. They also must be taught that the "expected standard" is for school-age children not to engage in sexual activity and for adults to engage in sexual relations only within marriage. Schools receiving...
Words: 1238 - Pages: 5
...On December 22, 2010, President Barack Obama repealed the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy, which legally recognized LGBTQ+ identities and allowed them to be open about their identity and serve in the United States Armed Forces. The repeal of this policy essentially gave validation to LGBTQ+ identities and changed this idea that LGBTQ+ individuals should be hiding who they truly are in order to fulfill social standards and the federal policies that were once in place. The repeal of this act empowered LGBTQ+ individuals and influenced more positive progression in regards to LGBTQ+ rights. On February 23, 2011, just two months before the Arkansas Department of Human Services v. Cole case, the Obama Administration successfully decided that the Defense of Marriage Act was unconstitutional. The Defense of...
Words: 684 - Pages: 3
...Changing Views on Marriage: How Society Sees Marriage Now Marriage is the bonding of two people legally therefore it should be granted to all-including homosexual marriages. This paper will discuss various points that will conclude that gay marriage has no lasting negative effect on society. Although many will not want to grant such an opportunity, it is a decision that is already on its way to being widely approved of. There has been one argument that has incited interest worldwide: same sex marriage. Being homosexual has changed from being a shameful secret to a public relationship. Over the years, the debate on allowing the legalization of gay marriage has been going on back and forth. It has taken the United States years to publically approve of a homosexual relationship and now this group demands the right to marry legally just like opposite sex couples. Marriage should be a privilege granted to all regardless of sexual orientation because it is a human right as well as a personal decision. One afternoon at a bar in New York in the year 1969, the Stonewall Inn was raided by the police (Andryszewski, 11). This bar was the home to many gay couples. In this time, being homosexual was not something to be public about. Those at the bar that afternoon became aggressive and did not allow them to shut the place down. For many nights there were riots that would be aggressive at first and would slowly calm down to become peaceful protest. This event became a critical turning...
Words: 965 - Pages: 4
...Research Method in Communication The effect of sexual scene in EX movie to Dasein and TAR college student from age 18 to 24 Lim Bee Yee DMC 102- 054 Suzie Lagis 1 August 2011 Content 1. Introduction 3 2. Background to Research 3 3. Problem Statement 4 4. Research Objective 4 5. Research Question 4-5 6. Significance of Research/ Contribution to the Body of Knowledge 5 7. Literature Review 6-8 8. Methodology 8-9 9. Finding 9-19 10. Discussion 19-20 11. Conclusion ...
Words: 3884 - Pages: 16
...below): Talbot, Margaret. "Red Sex, Blue Sex." The New Yorker. Condé Nast, 3 Nov. 2008. Web. 2 Oct. 2015. Instructions: This assignment will help you to develop your skills in evaluating sources and using them effectively in your research essays. Choose an article that is five or more pages from the Academic Search Premier database about a topic for which you have a deep interest. You will summarize this article in 100-150 words and answer the five questions that follow. Whether summarizing or answering the questions be sure to not copy directly from the article. Summary: Margaret Talbot writes about teenage pregnancy and how most of the teenage girls that this affects...
Words: 661 - Pages: 3
...find instruction, along with real life experiences relating to sex and marriage. The Bible contains a lot of insight on intimate passion and how to please your husband or wife. To engage in sexual activity with your significant other in a covenant marriage is supposed to be a totalizing experience; it should be done in regards to not only reproduction, but also to the enjoyment of both people involved. When sexual intercourse is wholehearted in pleasing both yourself and your partner, and erotic emotion invades every part of your body and soul, we actually think about what we are doing and the person we are doing it with. This is a totalizing sexual experience. But there are plenty of married couples who do not have this experience. On the other hand, there are many unwed, Christian couples who do. If you do not need to be married to have a strong relationship with God, and if you do not need to be married to have a fulfilling sexual experience with your partner, why is pre-marital sex frowned upon? In December 2006, researchers from the Guttmacher Institute found through research that about 95% of America’s public population had already had sex before they were married. Out of that percentage, about 84% of them were unmarried Americans between the ages of 18-23 (Regnerus et al. 1). While most of these people have sexual relationships with their first loves at younger ages or involve themselves in unreserved sex during college, many of them do eventually marry someone (whether...
Words: 1833 - Pages: 8
...Should Homosexuals be able To Marry? It is an undeniable fact there are many different views and beliefs that plays into our minds and hearts when it comes to homosexuality in America. The bible states a marriage union should be between one man and one woman. The traditional wedding is holy sacrament of a bride and groom at the altar confessing their love for one another. The new trend of homosexuality and society assuring it is their choice if they choose to be in a relationship with a person of the same sex. My personal opinion on homosexuality the individuals should not be allowed to unite into holy matrimony. The views of how society and the new generation are accepting it as normal and a new way of life for couples is not acceptable, The ultimate question, should a couple of the same sex should be united into holy matrimony is a very delicate topic in the homes of many, Americans in a religious and political view. The beginning of human sexuality and homosexuality in specific has confused individuals for many years. In this generation it is viewed as a normal part of life. Looking back from the old generation same-sex marriage has been looked at as unacceptable or a disgrace to a family. Although many years ago therapist studied homosexuality and determined that it is a mental disorder caused by misguided upbringing. (Hamer, Dean). The second study the therapist perform looked at a gay man‘s genetic information their DNA shows the X chromosome appeared to be the...
Words: 981 - Pages: 4
...Gay Marriage: The Complicated Moral Debate The debate on gay marriage is a complicated one. Many different emotions, ideas, and opinions are formed from the subject. There are some who believe that gay marriage is morally wrong, and damages the foundation of the traditional marriage. Andrew Sullivan, a gay rights activist, stated in his article Here Comes the Groom (New Republic, 2015): The argument that gay marriage would subtly undermine the unique legitimacy of straight marriage is based upon a fallacy…Gay marriage could only delegitimize straight marriage if it were a real alternative to it, and this is clearly not true. Gay marriage is not, in short, a denial of family values. It’s an extension of them. (p. 38) In the religious lens on the topic of gay marriage, traditional Christians believe that homosexuality is a sin, which is why it is usually condemned by the church (Dias, 2015). In addition, there are also people that believe gay marriage should not be a law recognized by the federal or state municipalities because they consider it an ‘alternative lifestyle’, a choice made rather than a biologically inherited trait (Rich, 2015). In the next few paragraphs, I will discuss the history of legalization of gay marriage in America, the religious communities’ outlook on the subject of gay marriage, how Hollywood has influenced the gradual acceptance of gay marriage by showing more homosexual people in media, and also discuss some of the psychological and sociological effects...
Words: 1449 - Pages: 6
...Same Sex Marriage Vivian Kelly Remington College Sociology Dr. Lynn June 20, 2012 Same Sex Marriage In the 1950s, when Wally and Beaver came home from school, (Leave It to Beaver 1957- 1963) (TV Series) they would smell fresh baked cookies and dinner cooking on the stove. June Cleaver had the house clean and would be waiting for her husband to come home from work so the family could sit down to dinner as a family. Fast forward to 2012 when Mitchell Pritchett has picked up Lilly Tucker Pritchett from daycare and is waiting for his husband Cameron Tucker (Modern Family 2009- present) (TV Series) to bring home dinner so they could sit down as a family. Ted Olson (Olson, 2010, p. 2) wrote that “Marriage is one of the basic building blocks of our neighborhood and our nation. It transforms two individuals into a union based on shared aspirations, and in doing so establishes a formal investment in the well-being of society. The fact that individuals who happen to be gay want to share in this vital social institution is evidence that conservative ideal enjoy widespread acceptance” It could be argued that there is no subject more divided in the United States today than same gender marriage. Same sex marriage is talked about in some form almost daily, whether it is politics, religion or on the job. Some states, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, Washington and even Washington D.C. have made it legal for same sex marriages. Both sides of the issue of...
Words: 1423 - Pages: 6
...characterized in almost every sense of living in today’s society; the it that is mostly third party spoken of is sex and sexuality. In the Christian faith, the issue of sex and sexuality is normally an abrupt address with little understanding but with many standards of do’s and don’ts. The Bible is not really discreet in the explanation of sex and sexuality as the spokespeople that speak on this subject. Sex is a topic that really matters in this society. It defines the young generation in their dress, it drives the middle age in their outlook, and it now has the elderly generation seeking medical advances to keep it going longer. How can there be an avoidance of such a topic. This paper seeks to explore the theology of sexuality by using support by biblical and theological hermeneutics, as well as ethical or normative stances on the major role that sex and sexuality play in both the person as an individual and in the institution of marriage. Keywords: sex, sexuality, theology, Bible Theology of Sexuality One of the most private and intimate encounters in our society is sex and the display of its affection and passion. When sex or sexuality is spoken of it is normally done within the confines of the two people that are planning to engage or a group of people who have assembled with knowledge of the content of the subject that will be spoken of. For most people, sex and sexuality can be an uncomfortable subject. Because of its uncomfortable nature among youths, young adults...
Words: 2987 - Pages: 12
...Haunted by Premarital Sex How we found healing after four years of marriage Brian and Heather Jamison Due to the downplay of the negative effects of consensual premarital sex by both the secular world and well-meaning Christians, its consequences are often ignored and allowed to wreak havoc in marriages and other relationships over extended periods of time. As time moves forward, it can be difficult for a couple to dig down to the heart of the problem. But intimacy in marriage can be reclaimed. It involves acknowledging past sin, receiving and giving forgiveness for it, and rebuilding the marital foundation. Four Keys to Reclaiming Intimacy 1. Acknowledgment. Reclaiming intimacy that has been lost from the effects of premarital sex must begin with an honest acknowledgment of sin. Premarital sex isn't a mistake. It isn't an accident. It isn't just an unwise action. It is sin. Rationalizing it by way of age, circumstances, naivete, or any other manner does nothing to undo the reality that it was a personal choice to rebel against God. Early in our marriage, we justified our previous immorality with the idea that neither of us had been sexually active with anyone else and that we had planned to get married to each other someday anyway. We both saw premarital sex simply as an early consummation of our marriage. Not until we acknowledged before God that every bit of pleasure, fulfillment, and esteem we had achieved through premarital sex was stolen at the expense...
Words: 407 - Pages: 2
...legalize the same-sex marriage here in the Philippines?” “Marriage is about LOVE, not GENDER”, this is what the gays and lesbians wanted to say. Nowadays, this issue, the same-sex marriage is viral in the whole world. But, what is same-sex marriage? It is defined as a union between two people who are of the same gender or biological sex. Since 2001, ten nations and other jurisdictions have made this type of union legal. Whether or not to recognize such marriages remains a source of debate as far as civil rights, political and social issues go. Introduction of same-sex marriage laws has varied by jurisdiction, being variously accomplished through legislative change to marriage laws, a court ruling based on constitutional guarantees of equality, or by direct popular vote (via ballot initiative or referendum). The recognition of same-sex marriage is a political and social issue, and also a religious issue in many countries and debates continue to arise over whether people in same-sex relationships should be allowed marriage or some similar status (a civil union). Same-sex marriage can provide those in same-sex relationships who pay their taxes with government services and make financial demands on them comparable to those afforded to and required of those in opposite-sex marriages. Same-sex marriage also gives them legal protections such as inheritance and hospital visitation rights. Various faith communities around the world support allowing those of the same sex to marry, while...
Words: 2254 - Pages: 10