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Does sex have to be 'sacred' to be meaningful? Does sex have to be 'sacred' to be meaningful?
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Is sex being transformed into just the "latest teenage app" by the increased availability of contraceptive implants and injections? Yes, according to Anthony Seldon, headmaster of Wellington College, who said so on the Today Programme. Seldon claimed the fact that young people could now have sex "with impunity" was devaluing it. "It is the most sacred act that two human beings can have together," he said. "Anything that trivilialises it or makes people think that this is just like shopping … is very emotionally damaging." Is sex being transformed into just the "latest teenage app" by the increased availability of contraceptive implants and injections? Yes, according to Anthony Seldon, headmaster of Wellington College, who said so on the Today programme. Seldon claimed the fact that young people could now have sex "with impunity" was devaluing it. "It is the most sacred act that two human beings can have together," he said. "Anything that trivilialises it or makes people think that this is just like shopping … is very emotionally damaging."
Sex can be many things, depending on your perspective. Something functional, something fun, something sinful or something holy. Does it make any sense to try to define what sex "should" be? What form might "sacred" sex, of the kind Seldon describes, take? Can it ever come from casual encounters? Does a prescriptive take on sex do more harm than good?Sex can be many things, depending on your perspective. Something functional, something fun, something sinful or something holy. Does it make any sense to try to define what sex "should" be? What form might "sacred" sex, of the kind Seldon describes, take? Can it ever come from casual encounters? Does a prescriptive take on sex do more harm than good?