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puppetmaker) wrote2007-12-04 07:57 am
puppetmaker) wrote2007-12-04 07:57 am
LJ Idol 4.5 Sexual Ethics and Human Nature
Nothing really titillating under here just not every one's cuppa so I am giving the op-out option.
I believe that most of you know the story of the scorpion and the turtle. It is a very old tale.
A turtle was happily swimming along a river when a scorpion hailed it from the shore.
"Dear friend turtle!" called the scorpion. "Please let me climb upon your back and swim me to the other side of the river!"
"No," replied the turtle, "for if I do, you shall sting me, and I shall die."
"Nonsense!" replied the scorpion. "If I kill you in the middle of the river, you shall sink, and I shall drown and die with you."
The turtle thought this over, and saw the truth of the scorpion's statement. He let it upon his back and began swimming towards the other side of the river. Halfway across, he felt a sharp pain in the back of his neck.
"Why have you stung me?!" cried the turtle as his body began to stiffen. "Now you shall die as well!"
"Because it is in my nature," replied the scorpion as the turtle sank beneath the waters..
Human nature is a funny thing. We have studied it probably as long as we have studied anything. We have created ways of controlling our based instincts with reason, logic and ethics.
Ethics is a subject that I have studied for many years. I find it kind of odd the way that a lot of people pay lip service to ethics but do almost the opposite of what they believe.
This just magnifies ten fold when you add sex and sexual nature into the mix. I am an observer. I like observing the world around me and analyzing it for my own amusement. And I have observed the human animal on its best behavior and its worst over the years.
We talk about sexual harassment. We all agree (or most of us) that it is a bad thing. We have created a set of laws to define our ethics on this matter but we have couched the language so that it will cover a lot of beliefs. In some cases making these laws ineffectual and in others Draconian.
We talk about 'don't ask; don't tell.' The Military doesn't want to know what you do in the bed room and honestly I think that is the attitude to take. Why should we care what happens in other people's bedroom as long as no one is getting hurt or abused. But we do. Look at the amount of material about sex out on the net (well, don't or you'll never finish this article). Or on the news or in movies or just about any form of entertainment (even Sponge Bob) has some sort of sexual element so we regulate it and come up with odd reasons like 'for the children'.
But sex sells. The sex industry is a consistent money maker. It has been through out human history. And we have created ethical guidelines through out human history to tell others what is allowed and not allowed. And that has changed greatly over time. What was allowed in the bible is, in a number of cases, now thought un-ethical. Ethics change with the times as do the social morays of the group. What was once acceptable is no more and was what once was not acceptable is.
I am a firm believer in personal responsibility. My parents instilled that in me. Part of my responsibility is how I treat others. And part of that are the ethics and morals I have learned regarding my own sexuality and that of others. I have a code I live by. It may not be your but that is fine. It works for me and my family. My husband and I are on the same page of what we believe to be ethical and live and love by that. But that is in our nature.
Thanks for reading
I believe that most of you know the story of the scorpion and the turtle. It is a very old tale.
A turtle was happily swimming along a river when a scorpion hailed it from the shore.
"Dear friend turtle!" called the scorpion. "Please let me climb upon your back and swim me to the other side of the river!"
"No," replied the turtle, "for if I do, you shall sting me, and I shall die."
"Nonsense!" replied the scorpion. "If I kill you in the middle of the river, you shall sink, and I shall drown and die with you."
The turtle thought this over, and saw the truth of the scorpion's statement. He let it upon his back and began swimming towards the other side of the river. Halfway across, he felt a sharp pain in the back of his neck.
"Why have you stung me?!" cried the turtle as his body began to stiffen. "Now you shall die as well!"
"Because it is in my nature," replied the scorpion as the turtle sank beneath the waters..
Human nature is a funny thing. We have studied it probably as long as we have studied anything. We have created ways of controlling our based instincts with reason, logic and ethics.
Ethics is a subject that I have studied for many years. I find it kind of odd the way that a lot of people pay lip service to ethics but do almost the opposite of what they believe.
This just magnifies ten fold when you add sex and sexual nature into the mix. I am an observer. I like observing the world around me and analyzing it for my own amusement. And I have observed the human animal on its best behavior and its worst over the years.
We talk about sexual harassment. We all agree (or most of us) that it is a bad thing. We have created a set of laws to define our ethics on this matter but we have couched the language so that it will cover a lot of beliefs. In some cases making these laws ineffectual and in others Draconian.
We talk about 'don't ask; don't tell.' The Military doesn't want to know what you do in the bed room and honestly I think that is the attitude to take. Why should we care what happens in other people's bedroom as long as no one is getting hurt or abused. But we do. Look at the amount of material about sex out on the net (well, don't or you'll never finish this article). Or on the news or in movies or just about any form of entertainment (even Sponge Bob) has some sort of sexual element so we regulate it and come up with odd reasons like 'for the children'.
But sex sells. The sex industry is a consistent money maker. It has been through out human history. And we have created ethical guidelines through out human history to tell others what is allowed and not allowed. And that has changed greatly over time. What was allowed in the bible is, in a number of cases, now thought un-ethical. Ethics change with the times as do the social morays of the group. What was once acceptable is no more and was what once was not acceptable is.
I am a firm believer in personal responsibility. My parents instilled that in me. Part of my responsibility is how I treat others. And part of that are the ethics and morals I have learned regarding my own sexuality and that of others. I have a code I live by. It may not be your but that is fine. It works for me and my family. My husband and I are on the same page of what we believe to be ethical and live and love by that. But that is in our nature.
Thanks for reading
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