Why the Religious Law About Pure Sex is Beneficial for Jewish Orthodox Women?

“A human being is essentially a sexual being”(Novak, 271). As David Novak above states, all humans are born with a natural inclination to fulfill his or her sexual right. Each person has needs that they yearn to have someone satisfy for them. The issue that isn’t so clear is how people satisfy these burning urges within them. We have discussed in class the many viewpoints that authors have presented us, some more liberal, others conservative, and some in between. In this paper, I will present David Novak’s idea of what good sex is, according to the values of traditional Orthodox-Conservative Judaism, as well as cover his view point on the morality of homosexual sex. To get a better understanding of Novak’s and others views, I will also discuss how a conversation may go between Novak and Yoel Kahn, another author who writes about Jewish ideas.

A menstrual cycle is a key element in a woman’s life, as each month it helps the recurring pregnancy process; that should be respected and normalized to all sexes. It is essential to the human race’s reproduction, despite the costs and taboos placed on periods.

Birth control has been misunderstood in the Muslim religion as a sort of advancement which has been created to fulfill western comprehension. A few Muslims consider it to be an attempt to legitimize family planning in modern society. Others see it as an idea which is absolutely against Islamic guidelines. Contraception has remained a consuming issue which needs to be put in to a correct viewpoint. Therefore, this paper aims to examine the Islamic points of view of contraception by analyzing accessible records and scholastic conclusions. The paper discusses the calculated implications of contraception as well as its recorded history to demonstrate that the idea is not new to Islam. It further studies the advanced ways to deal with contraception that have been accepted in Islam while also highlighting strategies of contraception which can not be embraced by Muslims.

In “Margin of Error” Paula injects herself with the perfect cell drug, this way she is able to fit into a society where all the successful females have perfect breasts, facial features, and bodies that will not allow for child bearing. “Nobody much cares about women’s ovaries. Only fourteen percent of college-educated women want to muck up their lives with kids” (Kress, 38). In this scene Karen explains that in the society that they live in, women desire to have a body that is perfect all around, which means that having children would ruin their perfect bodies, as well as their lives. In contrast she sees that after Karen has children, her body as well as her life become imperfect, and as a result Paula refuses to have children herself. Paula is conforming to a society that demands a women to have a body that is perfect and can not be destroyed from child bearing. In “Even the Queen” menstruation in their society is seen as unnecessary and unnatural for women to have since they have the option to stop their own menstruation. Perdita’s family, as well as the rest of the society of women, use ammenerol and shunts to prevent their menstruation cycle from happening. The abolition of the menstruation cycle is seen as the norm in society for all women, this way by preventing menstruation, women are able to have clean and natural functioning bodies that don’t have to fall under the pain and messiness of

"Woman" is often referred to as a diseased state of the male norm. Medical testing is done on men, with men as the norm. Women's bodies are diseased and dysfunctional. Female processes are not normal occurrences in the female body. They are deviant processes, needing male consultation and male solutions. This medicalization of women's bodies occurred during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as medicine became professionalized and men came to be in control of women's bodies and their processes. During the fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth and part of the eighteenth century, midwives oversaw women's medical needs. Childbirth and diseases of the reproductive organs

A Christin viewpoint of ethical sexual expression is essential in human beings. It involves all thinking, feeling, acting and interacting that is the result from our males and females that develop human relationships in ways that are basic to God's own nature (Gen. 1:27). Furthermore, it offers human beings partnership with God in holy creation and re-creation (Gen. 1:28) In their enjoyment of these privileges associated with sexuality, God's people are to be responsible. The church identifies love and promise as two procedures for sexual responsibility.

Infertility is often seen as a problem for the couple, rather than the individual. Couple could have counseling to come to terms with their problem, which is an inability to participate in social customs rather than any specific medical condition. Thus if medicine seeks a role in the treatment of infertility it could be said that, this is medicalizing a problem that is predominantly social in origin. One of the difficulties with this view is that it is hard to distinguish clearly between social and medical problems, as the two often have a complex and interactive relationship. The counter-argument was that infertility is painful, that is causes mental and marital unhappiness, and that infertile couple demanded

According to this article, religion is one of the major forces of control over sexuality and religious orientation scales evaluate the relationship between religious orientation and sexual activities and attitudes. The theme for this study was how religion plays a vital role in sexual morality; whereas, those with high religiosity were significantly less likely to engage in sexual activities and those sexual needs are regarded as insignificant. The individual internalizes personal beliefs and bends to the moral laws of orthodox religion.

We Americans are all sexual beings and we are living in a world where sex is glorified in everything we do. You turn the TV on and there is always some kind of sexual act or someone acting in a sexual demeanor . Sex just seems to be something that we are all subjected too. This, of course, conflicts with many churches and has brought light to the question of, how does sexuality relate to religiosity? A question which this essay aims to answer.

Today, a majority believes that chastity is restrictive, that it limits human sexuality, and it stops people from passionate feelings. But the Catechism shows that this notion is entirely false. Chastity is “the successful integration of human sexuality within the person” and is the true unity of body and spirit (CCC, 2237). Chastity is not the restriction of a person, it allows man to be free: “the chaste person maintains the integrity of the powers of life and love placed in him” (CCC, 2338). Furthermore, the Catechism points out that self-mastery leads to freedom, freedom from one’s

Although this problem appears to be massive within the churches, the uncontrollable sexual trauma worldwide dictates a “crisis point” also. News reports give us ongoing catastrophic events daily, laced with continual sexual anguish; from rampant pedophiles to the explosion of sex trafficking, let alone the insurmountable sexual sufferings people endured within our “normal” world. At the forefront, within the majority of situations, since one’s Godly divine presence basically befalls omission, (labeling it as being “above and beyond” sexual association); inescapably, an immeasurable amount of people struggle with their misunderstood sexual desires, unaware of their heritage of God’s phenomenal, divine miracle within their beings. Consequently,

Contraception is a technique that individuals practice in order to prevent pregnancy. There are several reasons why one may want to use contraceptive devices or medicine to avoid conception while engaging in sexual intercourse, but in the Catholic religion, contraception is forbidden under most circumstances. Contraception is prohibited in the Catholic Church because it removes the unity between a man and a woman in which God anticipated through sexual intimacy. This will be explored through contraception’s effect of rejecting human vocation and fertility, while imposing major health risks to the individual.

Fertility in women is symbolized as hope. It is believed that it will help continue the bloodline of one’s family and in most cultures, it is celebrated. Families hold feasts to welcome the birth of new family members and congratulate the mothers with their success. Yet, when women reach the end of their fertility which is menopause, there is a stigma that comes with it. Menopause is viewed as the end of a woman’s ability to reproduce and as if the end of life to some women when they come to this stage. Common menopausal symptoms are hot flashes, fatigue, night sweats, osteoporosis, frequent urination and reduced sex drive due to the ovaries not producing anymore of the hormones needed for fertility. Many aging women believe that once they

Society today, through explicit movie scenes, magazine pictures, and marketing, depicts sex as an everyday activity that has no special importance or value. Society is also starting to deviate from marriage by teaching younger generations that a person does not have to be married in order to live with, have sex with, or even have a child with someone else. However, the Bible teaches us that sex is a sacramental, sacred act between a married couple that does in fact have significant importance. Pope John Paul II, through a series of teachings rooted in the Bible and based off of the theology of the body, reveals God’s plans today for human sexuality. This paper aims to show why culture today emphasizes explicit sexual content and promiscuity,

Islam, a religion that dates back to over 1600 years ago, is considered to be one of the fastest growing religions in the world. It is one of the few Abrahamic religions alongside Judaism and Christianity. Abrahamic religions have similar foundations, and conservative teachings in regards to sexuality. For instance, premarital sex is prohibited. Chastity and purity are highly valued in the Muslim community. I will be discussing my experiences, perspectives, and beliefs as being a Muslim woman in today’s society and struggling with my perception of sexuality.