Question

Chapter 13 Discussion questions: Ethics

Discuss the meaning and purposes of human sexuality.Discuss premarital sex.Discuss sex in marriage-type relationship (including nonlegal).Discuss adultery.Discuss prostitution.

Answer 1

Human Sexuality:
Human sexuality is the manner of a person expressing and experiencing them sexually. In general, it is a manner of sexual sensation and intimacy between people. This involves biological, erotic, physical, emotional, social, or religious, feelings and behaviors. Psychologically, sexuality is the expression of love between a man and a woman. Biologically, it is the way by which a child is conceived and the lineage is passed manner on to the next generation. Different people experience sexuality differently. What is the purpose of sexuality for a person if he/she single, married or if in a live-in relationship. Sexuality doesn't necessarily mean that you need you to save yourself for marriage and you cannot have sex before marriage it is up to the person how they want to live their lives and how they want to express them sexually.

Premarital Sex
Premarital Sex or Sex before Marriage is the sexual activity that happens between a couple before marriage. For a long time, Sex before marriage was considered a taboo and was called a moral issue and also a sin to have sex before getting married. Now whether it is ethical or not, again it comes to the person's own beliefs. Having sex before marriage is now a law that you broke, it is all about if you see it as morally wrongdoing. In the modern age, there is no restriction on having sex before marriage although it is still considered as a taboo in some religions.

Live-in relationship
Live-in relationship or marriage type relationship in the relationship in which a couple live together and are sexually engaged but they don't have any obligation or responsibility towards each other whereas in marriage you are obligated and responsible for one another. Live-in relationship is still considered as a taboo in some parts of India. People consider as a sin and believe that is wrong to have sex before marriage. Now, Live-in relationships are not illegal because the supreme court considers living together as right. but it can become illegal if the sexual activity is not mutual. in that case, it would be considered as Rape because mutual sex means that both should have consent on having sex and both are ready for it. Also if anyone in the couple is a minor than it is illegal.

Adultery
Adultery means when a person is married and is engaged in sexual activity with another person who is not their spouse. It is also known as Extramarital sex. Extramarital sex is considered unethical in different parts of the world. Many religions believe adultery to be objectionable bases on a social, moral and legal basis. In past adultery was considered a crime usually resulted in the woman facing the punishment and sometimes the man. Although nowadays most jurisdictions have decriminalised extramarital sex, it may still have the legal consequences especially in countries with faulty divorce laws because a lot of times extramarital sex comes out to be the reason for divorce. For some countries, Adultery is still a criminal offense to the law like in the Philippines, Taiwan, Pakistan, etc.

Prostitute
Prostitute or prostitution means a sexual activity or intercourse done in exchange for payment. It is usually used for women who are engaged in sexual activity for money but there are male prostitutes as well. Prostitution is considered legal in some countries and illegal in others. Although is the prostitute is minor then definitely it is illegal. Prostitution is a part of the sex industry .The main point is to have sex or do other activities related to sex in exchange for money.