Is being sexually attracted to women okay before marriage?
For men, yes.
I thought we are supposed to love everyone as our brothers and sisters in Christ and only in marriage is it acceptable but I have heard differing opinions. I would like to know what the Church teaches about this. Is it a sin?
Not a sin, unless one acts on it or if it becomes caught up in it. That’s how we were created.
Was Our Lord sexually attracted to anyone?
Good question. He was tempted in other ways by Satan. I’m sure the temptation was always there, but he resisted it. So, if it’s a yes or no question, I’d say no.
What about Our Lady?
Not in a sinful way, methinks. Again, if a yes or no, no.
Thank you
Tell that to Rebekah who agreed to marry Isaac not ever having even seen him. Sexual attraction seems good within marriage because it is part of ‘giving’ and ‘procreating’. But outside of marriage those aspects are not present. Allowing sexual attraction to have a role in your life seems selfish and doesn’t involve the good of others (what if the woman was someone’s wife or the man someone’s husband?). So what makes it right outside marriage?
It is a body function, and it is acceptable outside marriage only when it remains a body function: i.e., not fantasized upon (mind) nor acted upon (will).
There is no reason why HE would not have been; HE was a fully alive human body with all that that implies. But Scripture says nothing about HIS erotic feelings, which suggests they had much less a role in HIS life than they do in most of ours. Might that be a suggestion that they have too commanding a role in our life?
There is nothing wrong with that. The sense of “hotness” is programmed into our natural head. The “hot” physical form is one which is most suitable for the procreative process, which is, after all, what sexuality is for. GOD did not create sexuality so that human beings could amuse themselves in pairs, but rather, to carry on human life.
It is always good to pray to avoid sexual temptation; while we don’t know from Scripture about our LORD, certainly a number of the Saints struggled with it. Remember, though, the path to marriage should, after all, begin with a physical attraction.
Sexual attraction outside of marriage is a temptation, and like all temptations must be resisted if Life Eternal is to be gained. This goes cubed if the attraction would lead to adultery. But as long as it is not acted or fantasized on, there is no more sin in it than in a muscular twitch, nor can we fully command it.
Therer is nothing wrong with finding someone attractive. It’s unavoidable. You see a beautiful woman on the street and think “wow, she’s beautiful”, that’s not a sin whether she’s married or not.
Sexual attraction to the person you are planning to marry is presumed. If you completely lack it at all times, the marriage will not function as it should, and your putative spouse may have grounds for annulment if she is unaware prior to marriage.
I found this comment amazing. We have all seen someone that is with another person whereas one of them is nice looking and the other maybe not to the standards of what you may consider “hot”. Sexual attraction does not entirely emcompass the physical attributes of sex! It is soooo much deeper! And it was meant to be so! When you study and meditate on the fact that Christ love the church…as his “bride”…only then will it boggle the mind that the capacity for love and physical consumation of the marital act is wholesome and PURE…and the emotions and feelings…even sexual feelings will take on an insight much more profound than that of the physical nature, prior marriage. Christ himself “loves” his bride…and seeks her welfare.
Of course. But it is still to be resisted; i.e., not fantasized or acted upon. Sexual fantasy and fornication do not become ok just because one hopes to marry the person involved.
I think you are being imprecise and confusing terms. Attraction and arousal are separate things. Arousal outside of the marital act itself is gravely disordered and must not be willed and must always be resisted, according to the Sixth Commandment.
iam going to recommend a book written by HH John Paul II, its called theology of the body. try to get yourself a copy of it. sex outside marriage is not recommended. being chaste until marriage is. i would also recommend that you visit the vatican’s website, www.vatican.va and use the search feature for marriage and see what you come up with. i will do some looking for you and see what i can find
There is no official Church teaching on this subject, but after many years of observing the phenomenon, I would say that men are most sexually attracted to women who are available.
Is being sexually attracted to women okay before marriage? I thought we are supposed to love everyone as our brothers and sisters in Christ and only in marriage is it acceptable but I have heard differing opinions. I would like to know what the Church teaches about this. Is it a sin?
It’s totally fine dude.You wouldn’t want to marry a girl if you weren’t attracted to her.
Was Our Lord sexually attracted to anyone?
Um, I’m gonna go with no. I don’t think there’s anyway of knowing for sure, but the thought of Jesus being attracted to someone sexually is just really creepy to me. Like super creppy.
What about Our Lady?
Well, she was a regular person and not God, so I’d go with yeah. But boy that’s a weird image to me too.
Thank you
From what I understand theological work concerning Jesus Christ’s sexuality (or lack thereof) is strangely absent in the Church. While the Virgin Mary has become more and more sexless as the Marian doctrines have developed.
