Originally posted by Nemesio
Originally posted by Conrau K
[b]But see, this is exactly what I am arguing against. It is not the man (well, not the man necessarily) who denies the woman her sexual pleasure, it is the woman herself (or ideally it is.)
You're missing the point with confusing semantics. The man does the
pleasuring, the woman denies receiving the pleasure. ...[text shortened]... ual pleasure as a necessary evil is
beginning to wane.
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You're missing the point with confusing semantics. The man does the pleasuring, the woman denies receiving the pleasure.
The only one confusing semantics is you. You have persistently portrayed the man as denying the woman pleasure, as if it is some enforced oppression which the woman does not consent to.
The point is the Church's absurd ban on contraception
has a direct impact on the way in which women specifically experience sexual pleasure, and, in particular making them choose between having children and complete sexual fulfillment.
This is not an argument. Take the converse for example. Condoms diminish the pleasure of the male participant. Is it thus morally wrong? I might just as well say: your absurd endorsement of condoms has a direct impact on the way in which men
specifically experience sexual pleasure, and, in particular making them choose between not-having children and complete sexual fulfillment.
Never mind the fact that a number of other contraceptives have adverse reactions in women.
If the Church's teachings are the infallible mind of God -- that artificial contraception is immoral -- then it would be God's fault for insisting that women who do not want children at a particular time avoid conjugal relations with their spouses.
No, the solemn teachings of the Church are said to be infallible and hence representative of the mind of God. I guess you could say it's God's fault.
is furthermore disgusting that the RCC would insist in denying the use of artificial contraception (condoms specifically) in those nations where as many as 1 in 10 children are being born with AIDS (as you find in many countries in Africa).
I'm not sure the RCC denies condoms. It just rejects condoms as a viable approach to solving the AIDS epidemic. However, I have no qualms about the use of condoms in such cases where the man insists on sex despite the possibility of AIDS transmission.
I suppose you wouldn't. Do you deny that sexual pleasure was a taboo topic in the Church say, 250 years ago? I'm not asking what the Church did or did not teach, but that its general (non-dogmatic) attitude was decidedly negative?
I have no idea what attitudes toward sexual pleasure were. I can make an assumption that 250 years ago sex was a "taboo topic"... whatever that means. But that hardly proves that the Church's teaching on contraception is rooted in a dissaproval of sexual pleasure.
Like I said, when I hear sexuality discussed openly and healthily
in the context of (adult) deliberation among Church folk, then I will
know that the age of deploring sexual pleasure as a necessary evil is
beginning to wane.
I'm only so young, so I have no awareness of any aversion to discussion of sexuality. I have never heard anyone deplore sex as a "necessary evil". In fact, quite clearly, when we allow "natural contraception" we see sexual pleasure as something vital to a relationship. If your premise, that sexual pleasure is seen as only a necessary evil, were true, then surely "natural contraception" would be equally deplorable.