Summary: Theology Of The Body In Different Lights

Their love for each other is so strong that she has dreams of him and eventually admits that she is lovesick. This so far could be considered the courtship scene. Next Solomon has her brought to Jerusalem, where the Shulamite becomes his bride and they consummate their marriage – this could be thought of as the wedding scene. During this scene we witness Solomon claiming his bride (3:6-11), extolling her beauty (4:1-7), and lastly as already mentioned, consummating the marriage. For the duration of these events, we gain a valuable insight of the sexual relationship in its purest form as God designed it. The couple enjoys a mountain top experience as they share their love and he tells her how beautiful she is. This lovemaking is wholesome not twisted and perverted as postmodern society has made it out to be. This snapshot of sex should be the standard for all sexual relationships, but mankind in general has turned its back on God; “That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. The men also instead of having normal sexual relationships with women, burned with

Sexual education is a highly debatable topic, but many believe the information taught to students should be abstinence-only. Abstinence-only education has been put in place in order to educate students about the social, mental, and physical benefits of resisting from all sexual activity. It emphasizes the unsafe impacts of participating in sexual activity before marriage and having casual sex. It also promotes the idea that sexual abstinence is the only way to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease. Abstinence education only permits the discussion of contraception and condoms in terms of failure in order to utterly discourage casual sex (Wilgoren, 1). Along with teaching the physical dangers of sex, abstinence education also teaches the mental dangers of sex (Abstinence-Only Education, 1). Sex has many risks and dangers that are not

God said: "It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him" (Gen 2:18). This “man” refers to the human person, and not just to the male.

"Approximately four million teens get a sexually transmitted disease every year" (Scripps 1). Today’s numbers of sexually active teens differ greatly from that of just a few years ago. Which in return, projects that not only the risk of being infected with a sexually transmitted disease (STD) has risen, but the actual numbers of those infected rise each year as well. These changes have not gone unnoticed. In fact have produced adaptations as to how society educates its young adults about sex, using special programs, various advertising, and regulating sexual education courses in public schools. One major adaptation is the advancement and availability of

One of the best and easiest ways to stay safe from an STD is simply to wear a condom (Sigel), but a lot of programs worry that it would encourage the youth to have sex (Stienmetz). The current ways of sex ED don’t keep youth from having sex, they are having it at the same rate, it endangers them because they don’t have the knowledge of protection. Teaching safe sex techniques is vital for young Americans so they can lead a long, healthy life.

The author does not seem to be focusing on the teenagers’ health when much of his logos came from the expense of sex education programs and the wasted money involved with abstinence only programs. He stated the dollar amount spent on these programs more than five times and one time mentioned the money spent to observe the effectiveness of these programs. One example of this is when he criticised that “this extension equals another $ 250 million for failed abstinence-only-until-marriage programs over the next five years” (SIECUS, 2014, p.3). He also did not explicitly state how these programs failed so the audience assumes that it failed because of his following sentence about how taxes pay for abstinence only programs. Although money is always a factor, these programs are being provided for a reason and are paramount in teenagers’ lives. The safety of teenagers is usually the concern whether their education is abstinence based or with additional education on STIs and unplanned pregnancy. Hence, the author should have mentioned how many unplanned pregnancies teens have faced or a provided a statistic on the spread of STIs. Furthermore, the author did not even provide pathos evidence that abstinence based education was harmful through a personal recollection of someone who was affected negatively. With neither of these evidences present, the audience is left to wonder whether abstinence only education is really affecting anyone. However, the author had a pattern of providing mostly irrelevant statistics such as money spent on programs. Therefore the author sometimes breaks down the opposing side, but does not strengthen his own side through his often misused logos and a lack of

“Don’t have sex because you will get pregnant and die!” (Mean Girls). This famous quote said by Coach Carr, the health teacher, in the movie Mean Girls swarms the brains of teenagers all over the world. While this quote is quite extreme and is making a mockery of abstinence only programs, it’s analogous to what teachers across the nation are reciting to brainwash our youth. Abstinence-Until-Marriage programs are implemented in numerous high school and junior high schools across the country. While the title seems promising, “Mathematica [Policy Research Inc. (on behalf of U. S. Department of Health and Human Services) found that through] evaluation, [there’s] no evidence that abstinence-until-marriage programs increased rates of sexual abstinence” (What the Research Says…). Teaching a course that isn’t beneficial is meaningless and merely a waste of time. These curriculums use fear tactics to scare children away from sex, reinforce gender norms, and provide inaccurate medical information. Schools that provide abstinence only programs are denying our youth factual, substantial knowledge and survival skills. Instead, these schools should consider an abstinence-plus program, also known as a safe sex contraception education, for their students.

While abstinence-only programs often show gruesome pictures of certain STIs, they do it as a means of scaring their students off from having sex, rather than to inform them of symptoms or to teach them how to prevent contracting one. These programs, as with pregnancy, argue that showing STIs in a non-negative light will only endorse having sex. Comprehensive sex-education, on the other hand, which widely and neutrally covers STIs in its curriculum, has been credited in reducing STIs amongst teenagers (Collins, Alagiri, Summers ii). Piling onto the numerous issues associated with abstinence-only education, a large percentage of its programs twist the information they teach. For example, Representative Henry A. Waxman reported that over eighty percent of federally-funded abstinence-only programs distort their curricula on the effectiveness of contraceptives and abortion, and tend to blur religion and science, often teaching rudimentary scientific errors (“Top Five Reasons”). For Goodness Sex, a book about sexuality in relation to teens, states that Representative Waxman’s report “…notes that one federally-funded program passed out materials that said HIV/AIDS could pass through a condom because the latex is so porous, which isn’t true”

The condoms thing is not it (but it is part of it). Let me get this out of the way, first. We are talking to the young people (and adults for that matter) like they are animals who have no control over their urges. Yes, we have sexual desires. Yes, sometimes it’s difficult to fight them. But we are not irrational beasts. We are human beings. We have the ability to control our urges. We cannot just tell our young people something is evil – but since they are weak, we expect them to do it anyway. That’s comprehensive sex ed in a nutshell; we tell the young people around us that we don’t trust them to be anything more than dogs in heat.

“When God created Eve…he took her straight from Adam’s side. None of us have fully recovered from the surgery. There is aloneness, an incompleteness that we experience everyday of our lives” (pg. 126). Chapter eight goes to mention the grand affair found between us and God. There are times in life where everyone around me seems to be in some type of relationship. This leaves me feeling lonely and questioning what I have done wrong to deserve this single season. However, it’s a natural feeling to crave union with the opposite sex. We were made to be long for intimacy. In the society we live in, I feel as if this unity between man and woman have been misunderstood. We don’t believe that intimacy is possible anymore because several people are turning to sex to ease the pain (pg. 135). Fortunately, God provides beauty and strength. When we are in a relationship, and both people seeks to put God first, God will enable us to see the desires we seek in the opposite sex. When it comes to relationships, we shouldn’t focus on the physical intimacy and attraction, but rather on worshipping

Today 's casual sex culture and sexual risk may consist of adverse outcomes, as well as, emotional and psychological harm, sexually transmitted infections, sexual violence, and unintended pregnancy, despite the ubiquity of certain positive feelings.

This phrase is trying to show the disgust that Sharon feels about people who engage in loveless sex. Sharon does not understand how people are able to share this define gift without being connected spiritually and emotionally with a connection that would also connect to God. This is common thing in today’s world; people having sex before marriage, one night stands and friend with benefits. People who just want to enjoy the sexual pleasures; to just get physical without any commitments or emotional closeness. The media has contributed in a great way to sending this kind of messages to the youth and it is not the right thing to do. Sex is divine and it was ordained by God to be enjoyed in marriage when God makes a woman and a man one. Sex was also ordained by god for procreation by people who love each other and are married. This fact is well represented in the simile, “wet as the children at birth whose mothers are going to give them away.” Those who engage in loveless sex cry during and after it, tears of pain (Baker

One of the poem’s main premises as to why having sex is superior to making love is that the participants are not giving in to a “false Messiah” (15). People who claim to be in love or fawn over their sexual partners are missing the true point of the intimate act. The notion of a false Messiah, which is love and affection, argues that love is not a true savior for people, and it is more of an imposter of happiness. The poem states that when people extract love from the act of sex, each person does not mistakenly love the mediator of satisfaction, but instead focus on praising the true “God”. If one spends so much time admiring a person, he or she will ultimately be disappointed or lose time with the real goal of sex. In the words of the poem, to be attached to the person one is having sex with would mean to “mistake the lover for their own pleasure” (17). He or she would then fail in their endeavors to reach true satisfaction.

Sex has become a huge topic in our world today. It is advertised in almost everything, movies, TV shows, internet, and books/magazines. The media does not always show the reality of sex and the results that come after it. In media it is highly shown to be okay to sleep around with multiple partners, however, in reality, having more than one sex partner increases the chances that you will encounter a partner with an STI (Santrock 2012, pg. 280). Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are diseases contracted through sex. As children grow up they are going to be exposed to sex in some way, so it is important to discuss, as they get into their teens, sex and STIs. I grew up in a Christian household so when my parents discussed the topic of sex

As women appropriate memories of CSA through the lens of the adult mind, the naturally ensuing questions of worth, identity and forgiveness will potentially challenge a system of belief in God. In attempting to bring this kaleidoscope of memories and life experiences into focus and for the victim to become a survivor, mentors, a community structure and a strong sense of conviction will aid in the development of resiliency. Within the spiritual model beliefs, values, social support, a sense of efficacy and hope are important; however, beliefs alone are inadequate for healing. Practical application of attitudes and beliefs is critical in providing a sense of relief and hope (Yarhouse et al., 2005, p. 43).