Sexual abstinence or sexual restraint is the practice of refraining from some or all aspects of sexual activity for medical, psychological, legal, social, financial, philosophical, moral or religious reasons. Asexuality is distinct from sexual abstinence; and celibacy is sexual abstinence generally motivated by factors such as an individual's personal or religious beliefs. Sexual abstinence before marriage is required in some societies by social norms, or, in some countries, even by laws, and is considered part of chastity. Some societies have or had a double standard in regard to chastity.
Abstinence may be voluntary (when an individual chooses not to engage in sexual activity due to moral, religious, philosophical, etc. reasons), an involuntary result of social circumstances (when one cannot find any willing sexual partners), or legally mandated (e.g. in countries where sexual activity outside marriage is illegal, in prisons etc.).
History
The ancient world discouraged promiscuity for both health and social reasons. According to Pythagoras (6th century BCE) sex should be practiced in the winter, but not the summer, but was harmful to male health in every season because the loss of semen was dangerous, hard to control and both physically and spiritually exhausting, but had no effect on females. This idea may have been merged with Zoroastrian ideas of good and evil in a philosophy known as gnosticism, which influenced Christian and Islamic attitudes to sexual activity. But others stated that the Christian religion hold on to the ideal of sexual abstinence prior to the appearing of gnosticism and Zoroastrianism and its root are to be found in the old testament (which is the base of the new testament) in which virginity was required by law and marriage was especially protected (see Deuteronomy chapter 22).
... schools that opt to teach sex education to stress abstinence as “most protective against unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection, including human immunodeficiency virus,” or HIV.
The bill introduced Tuesday would continue to require schools to stress abstinence as an effective method to prevent sexually transmitted infections, but it removes additional phrasing that describes ...
With conservative Christians having newly ushered abstinence-only advocate Donald Trump back into the White House, it's unlikely that better sexual education will be available in red states any time soon.
The Department of Education reportedly told districts that any sex-education lessons must emphasize sexual abstinence ... The submitted lessons for middle- and high-schoolers emphasize sexual abstinence.
She cited a number of studies which showed people undergoing abstinence education delayed their “sexual debut”, were “no less likely to use a condom” and had “improved academic success”.
Nonpharmacologic interventions include the use of condoms, proper sexuality education, abstinence, and modification of risky behavior such as avoiding the use of intravenous drugs or not having multiple sexual partners.
Genital warts can be prevented by abstinence; and limited by being in a mutually-monogamous relationship, limiting your sexual partners, and using a condom, which can form a barrier for HPV and other sexually transmitted diseases.
Her eventual killing spree is brutal, her rage fueled by a lifetime of sexual repression ... A vagina as a cutthroat weapon, a sexually charged coming-of-age story that doubles as commentary on consent, a parody of teen abstinence—the movie is a lot.
There will be roughly five lessons in the seventh and ninth grades, with a "clear emphasis on abstinence" and information on the "development of refusal skills to support risk avoidance," preventing ...
Other circumstances also matter in the ethical analysis, he argued, such as “a young unmarried woman for whom chastity requires abstinence from sexual relations in any case,” could in theory licitly use such drugs to treat a medical condition.
Yet for all of its adherence to best practices in other fields, many parts of Taiwan’s health system remain antiquated when it comes to sexual health, preferring instead to slough off the burden of prevention to abstinence education and public shame.
Sexuality and stigma ... One Substack creator, for example, considers gay and bisexual men engaging in “high-risk sexual behaviour” a threat to the heterosexual population. He argues abstinence is the only ...
Decatur Daily
31 Oct 2024
Decatur Daily
31 Oct 2024