Are people everywhere hyper-sexualized?

[starshiptrooper]

That was just the Caesars though. Common people back then simply did not have the same opportunities for sin that we have now, this is another reason our culture has so many problems.

 

[cradlecatholic5]

Their child-bearing years are over, so they should think about other ways to express love as a couple.

why should they think about other ways to express their love? Just because their “child-bearing years” are over?

 

[freethinker83]

I think people have always been very sexual. The only difference is that we are more open about it now.

Look at a book like “The Decameron” that was written in the 14th century. It is extremely sexual and from long, long ago.

 

[CHRISTINE77]

why should they think about other ways to express their love? Just because their “child-bearing years” are over?

Because sex is for creating life.

 

[Robert_Sock]

why should they think about other ways to express their love? Just because their “child-bearing years” are over?

There are better forms of love than passionate love (sex). Sex is not that great!

 

[edwest2]

The answer is no. And regarding other periods of history, those times have passed. The devil, however, has always used deception as his primary weapon. Sin has been described as substituting something bad for something good.

Artificial birth control was universally condemned by Churches until the 1930s.

pbs.org/wgbh/amex/pill/peopleevents/e_church.html

1960 The FDA approves The Pill.
1967 The Pill enters widespread use - promising freedom.

time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19670407,00.html

1968 Pope Paul VI has Humanae Vitae published. He warns about an increase in promiscuity. He warns that the love of your life may become less valued.

1970s An underground media opens Adult Bookstores everywhere. They sell Swinger magazines with ads from people looking for noncommital sexual relationships.

1973 Abortion is legalized, once again, under the freedom label.

1980s Porn on cable. Sue Ellen driving and drinking liquor straight from the bottle. The media gets more sexualized.

1990s Shock jocks on the radio. Rap. Then the internet providing perversion 24/7.

Never in the history of mankind has there been something like the internet.

And then there’s TV programs like Californication, Two and A Half Men, and Family Guy.

As time passed, things slowly, gradually got worse and worse. The mainstream media is involved, but each one of us can choose to reject all of this. The Bible tells us to encourage one another.

Peace,
Ed

 

[Whitacre_Girl]

There are better forms of love than passionate love (sex). Sex is not that great!

oO…I don’t mean to assume…but are you married?

 

[ChadS]

Because sex is for creating life.

So a Catholic couple following the Church’s teachings on marriage, sex and life has four children, but the thousands of other times in their lifetimes together they did come together but did not create life, were therefore wasted and meaningless.

The Church’s core teachings on sexuality is that it must be open to the possibility and creation of life, not that it must create life each and every time. We are to cooperate with God as much as it is within our power to be open to the possibility of life with our spouse. I think you’d be hard pressed to show any sort of document that’s meant to exclude sex as a part of marital life after a certain age.

ChadS

 

[Robert_Sock]

oO…I don’t mean to assume…but are you married?

No.

 

[JimG]

I think people have always been very sexual. The only difference is that we are more open about it now.

Look at a book like “The Decameron” that was written in the 14th century. It is extremely sexual and from long, long ago.

Yes. Of course, in the 14th century it was not available to every 13 year old on the Internet.

 

[freethinker83]

Yes. Of course, in the 14th century it was not available to every 13 year old on the Internet.

I agree with you. I’m simply stating that people have always been very sexual and that it is simply more visible now. I’m not advocating teenagers looking at sexual material online.

 

[Robert_Sock]

How did the world population explosion begin if not through hyper-sexuality? Imagine the planning that must have occurred so as not to destroy the world through such a plan.

I know, I know, everything is by chance and there no need for speculation otherwise. However, I’m really amazed at the population growth and can’t help but speculate. I do not believe in chance here, nor do I believe that humans resulted from evolution.

We humans are hyper-sexualized!

Map of world population growth:
stellaroid.co.cc/ekologija/ecological-catastrophe.htm

 

[CHRISTINE77]

So a Catholic couple following the Church’s teachings on marriage, sex and life has four children, but the thousands of other times in their lifetimes together they did come together but did not create life, were therefore wasted and meaningless.

The Church’s core teachings on sexuality is that it must be open to the possibility and creation of life, not that it must create life each and every time. We are to cooperate with God as much as it is within our power to be open to the possibility of life with our spouse. I think you’d be hard pressed to show any sort of document that’s meant to exclude sex as a part of marital life after a certain age.

ChadS

I’m talking about if the guy lost his sexual prowess and the woman feels fine about it. I don’t think people need drugs to artificially arouse them. There’s other things they can do to show affection and partnership.