Wallis said the experience was not quite what he had hoped.
"It was not emotionally fulfilling, but the lady was very pleasant and very understanding. I do not know whether I would do it again. I would much rather find a girlfriend, but I have to be realistic."
The article I think testifies to how our society sees sex. They see it as some ultimate goal in life. It is the be-all, end-all of existence. And our media culture, education system, etc... just reinforces this belief in the young. It's one reason why people can't fathom celibacy for priests and nuns. But, this one quote above shows the meaninglessness, the passionlessness, and the real danger of modern society's opinion of sex. It takes the true beauty of it away, in experiencing it in marriage (a holy union) as two become one. A marriage act.
But I'm starting to sound preachy...um...*hands his soap box to Karen and posts this comment* :)
I also think that the nun was wrong in her logic in the article. If the boy had said he wanted to "Murder someone" before he died, would the nun have provided a victim for him? Or if the boy had said he wanted to sleep with a married woman? Or rob a convenience store? It's as if British society has influenced the religious there to think, "ah well, this is how it is in society and we just gotta accept it."
I don't think you can draw conclusions about all of society's view on sex based on this story. A dying man in a hospice hiring a hooker is not particularly representative of the average person or how they conduct their sex lives. You can have beautiful sex outside of marriage.
How, pray tell, does the education system reinforce the belief that sex is an ultimate goal?
in my own opinion...lastremnantJanuary 27 2007, 20:26:21 UTC
I was using this case as one bit of evidence. I think it's very true when you look at society's view of relationships that it is solely based on sex and it divorces it from marriage. Sex represents a union between man and woman where they become one, so it is meant to be within marriage. It also produces a child as a result of that union, representing two becoming one. I think the modern view of sex tends to dehumanize it, corrupt it, and truly take the beauty and passion out of it by treating people more as objects or drugs rather than as truly spiritual and beautiful human beings. The objectification of women is one result of it as well. The body is not seen as a gift within the act but as something to use. Sex should be part of marriage. It is not just "one facet" of every relationship. There is a reason for sex and I think society has lost that view of it. And that is why so many are involved in meaningless, passionless sexual relationships. The truly romantic has been divorced from it. I don't think you can have "beautiful sex"
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Wallis said the experience was not quite what he had hoped.
"It was not emotionally fulfilling, but the lady was very pleasant and very understanding. I do not know whether I would do it again. I would much rather find a girlfriend, but I have to be realistic."
The article I think testifies to how our society sees sex. They see it as some ultimate goal in life. It is the be-all, end-all of existence. And our media culture, education system, etc... just reinforces this belief in the young. It's one reason why people can't fathom celibacy for priests and nuns. But, this one quote above shows the meaninglessness, the passionlessness, and the real danger of modern society's opinion of sex. It takes the true beauty of it away, in experiencing it in marriage (a holy union) as two become one. A marriage act.
But I'm starting to sound preachy...um...*hands his soap box to Karen and posts this comment* :)
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