Catholics and sex games

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Are Catholics in general against sex games, or sexy lingerie?
Or is it more of a personal choice?
Does the Catholic Church say anything about sex games or sexy clothes for sex at all?
 
Catholic teaching on sex and marriage is beautifully, systematically and definitively set down in Pope John Pau;'s encyclical the Gospel of Life and his work the Theology of the Body, a compilationof his summary of that teaching. The easiest book for beginner is just that, Theology of the Body for Beginners by Christopher West. Good News about Sex and Marriage helps couples apply that teaching to their own marriage.

Anything that promotes and perfects the conjugal union of the married couple and leads them to the bodily expression of their love that is open to life and to God’s will for them is okay.

There is absolutely no role for any sexual expression, activity, or behaviors that mimic, arouse, or allude to sexual activity outside lawful marriage. Any sexual activity or expression in marriage that results from one spouse reducing the other to an object of sexual pleasure rather than embracing and respecting their full dignity as a person is wrong.
 
Wammy101 said:
Are Catholics in general against sex games, or sexy lingerie?
Or is it more of a personal choice?
Does the Catholic Church say anything about sex games or sexy clothes for sex at all?
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what do you classify as “sex games”?
As to lingerie I see no problem with that and neither does my dh:D
 
Wammy,
I wanted to second what puzzleannie had to say and also wanted to add few things.
I’m not sure how familiar you are with Theology of the Body, but it is a wonderful teaching by Pope John Paul II. If you’re not, then I would say the answers to your questions lie in the context of the act/game. Are the participants only a married husband and wife and are they both willfully participating? Is the husband or wife devalued or objectified by the act/game? Does the act/game express a true love between the husband and wife? These are questions that only you can answer so it is something to think about. You don’t have to get graphic, but what kind of games were you thinking about?
I don’t see anything wrong with lingere as long as it is only worn in the presence of the husband/wife.

-Johnny
 
Looking pretty in bed is no different then looking good for a night out with your husband.

Sex games usually not always seem to role play or objectify one or the other. Who needs games, when the one you love is in bed with you. Usually when I’m in marital embrace though, I have no interest at the moment to play Monopoly or Scrabble so I think sex and games are an odd combination.
 
Karin said:
oh that sounds like fun:D
what about naked twister;)
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Naked twister? You mean you play that clothed?
Sexy lingerie, fine. Naughty nurse outfit, not. Role playing is a no no. If you are “bored” with your partner and need them to pretend to be someone else, you’re not making love, you are using them for sex.
Also, i think bondage is wrong. I’m sure there’s a philosophical reason for that, but i don’t really care what it is.
 
Wammy101 said:
Are Catholics in general against sex games, or sexy lingerie?
Or is it more of a personal choice?
Does the Catholic Church say anything about sex games or sexy clothes for sex at all?
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Many questions about what is and is not allowed by Church teaching have been answered in the Ask An Apologist section of the forum. If you cannot find an answer to the specific “fun and games” you have in mind, Ask An Apologist yourself.

The good news is that the Church allows quite a bit of latitude for married couples to enjoy the gift of sexuality that God has given us.
 
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