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Sex is for both pleasure and procreation.ckdotca said:I understand, I'm just saying that I think sex exists so that we can get pregnant not for pleasure. So with that said... I don't think people should have sex unless they are at least prepared to, if not, wanting to become pregnant.
It's a matter of morals I guess.
Thats like saying we should only eat to recieve nourishment. Don't you ever eat something simply for the fact that it tastes good?ckdotca said:I understand, I'm just saying that I think sex exists so that we can get pregnant not for pleasure. So with that said... I don't think people should have sex unless they are at least prepared to, if not, wanting to become pregnant.
It's a matter of morals I guess.
You're missing the point. Sex does not serve only one purpose. It has many purposes, procreation being one of them. To say that sex is only for people who can't have children, or want to have children is missing an entire part of sexual function.ckdotca said:I think that we can all agree that sex is a more sacred act than eating food. The bible teaches this, so I guess it is a matter of beliefs.
But don't try to downplay the significance of sex by comparing it to food, or anything else for that matter, it's not like anything else.
Having sex is what brings people into this world.
Putting an apple in one's mouth doesn't have an effect to this extent.
I hope you are not purging the food later though. That's dangerous.Real Sorceror said:Thats like saying we should only eat to recieve nourishment. Don't you ever eat something simply for the fact that it tastes good?
Jensa said:Should a person only have heterosexual sex if they're expecting and prepared for having a child?
Why or why not?
Is it reasonable to expect people that don't want children to either have only gay sex or never have sex?
Why not?Tiberius said:if sex was really meant for creating new life, it wouldn't be so much fun.
Why not?And if was really that bad to have sex while preventing conception, we wouldn't be able to prevent it at all.
Why?And a woman's vagina would magically seal itself closed once she goes through menopause.
I actually agree with this.Sex is not just for reproduction and fun. it's also a bonding activity. A couple making love is doing one of the best things possible to reinforce their relationship. it's the most open people can be.
Nope - instead evolution "figured out" a way to get these lazy primates to procreate - sometimes against their own wills. It made it funSunstone said:If sex was only for procreation, we'd only have it during female estrus. Women's bottoms would swell up and turn red, like they do in chimpanzees, and then we'd have sex. The fact that human females are sexually receptive outside of estrus is pretty good evidence that sex in humans is not evolved only along procreation lines.
SoyLeche said:Nope - instead evolution "figured out" a way to get these lazy primates to procreate - sometimes against their own wills. It made it fun
And yet, humans still procreate - reguardless of the "purpose" that they origionally had sex. I'm saying that pleasure is probably a more effective way to guarantee the continuation of the human race than mere instinct would be.Sunstone said:Nope. Human evolution has been away from sex solely for procreation towards sex for other purposes. Just compare sex among chimpanzees with sex among humans. You'll see the differences.
SoyLeche said:And yet, humans still procreate - reguardless of the "purpose" that they origionally had sex. I'm saying that pleasure is probably a more effective way to guarantee the continuation of the human race than mere instinct would be.
That is entirely possible - but, as you've pointed out - the pleasure aspect in humans most likely works in a different way than the pleasure aspect in chimps.Sunstone said:OK. I see what you're saying. But why seperate pleasure out of instinct? Isn't pleasure part of the instinct?
SoyLeche said:That is entirely possible - but, as you've pointed out - the pleasure aspect in humans most likely works in a different way than the pleasure aspect in chimps.