sexual ethics
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Fat Pills and Sexbots: A serious Orthodox engagement with sexual diversity
The implication is that sexually active same-sex intercourse is an enterprise characterized by an impersonal and utterly hedonistic lack of discipline. This is hardly a new analysis of same-sex sex. What is so utterly shocking, and as a result, so… Continue reading
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Brigham Young Rape Allegations, Sexual Assault in Evangelicalism, and the Attitudes that Estrange Us
I have been thinking for a while now that for my second post here at WIT, I would write about sexual assault and gender-based violence on university campuses. As everyone is well aware, the subject has received much media attention… Continue reading
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A Trophy or a Drug? Sex and the Eucharist in Pope Francis’s Pastoral Letter on the Family
In the contemporary Catholic church, debates about sexual ethics often underlie debates about the Eucharist and vice versa. No wonder then that the pope’s recent pastoral letter, Amoris Laetitia–a document that focuses explicitly on whether certain sexual sinners should be allowed… Continue reading
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All Tigers Have Stripes; All Gay People Are Sexually Attracted to Their Own Sex
I most love blogging for the way it places me just a keystroke away from people I would otherwise never even pass by on the street. I can communicate with and receive feedback from anyone with an internet connection. In… Continue reading
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Sexual violence and the church: talking to teens
Instead of repeating over and over again, “Don’t have sex until you are married,” those running the educational time gave the teens a robust guide for sexually appropriate behavior by explaining that sexual intimacy is only one form of relational… Continue reading
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A Church That Changes: Margaret Farley and the CDF
As many of you have probably heard by now, last week, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) officially notified Mercy Sister and professor emeritus of Christian ethics at Yale Divinity School Margaret Farley that her work “cannot… Continue reading
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Women Speak About Natural Family Planning: GS’s Story
This is the fifth in a series of posts featuring some women’s experience with natural family planning. The previous four can be read here, here, here, and here. For the post that originally inspired this project, click here. To read… Continue reading
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Women Speak About Natural Family Planning: Tell Us Your Stories
As some of you probably remember, about a year ago, we at WIT published a post entitled “Women Speak About Natural Family Planning.” When I wrote the post, I was expecting it to be controversial and indeed it remains among… Continue reading
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Homosexuality Is Not Like Alcoholism
Apparently, the most popular way to argue against homosexuality these days is to compare it to alcoholism. Seriously. I have been hearing this a lot lately. A representative version of this argument goes something like this: “just as we wouldn’t… Continue reading