- Stefan Grosjean
- Bern
- Switzerland
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Is our traditional sexual moral and ancient way of birth control?
Genes don't control our sexual behavior by saying to us: “Don't have sex with your siblings or your offspring will be unhealthy” or “don't do it with someone of your own sex or you will have no offspring at all”. Genes talk to us by giving us an emotional reaction like disgust.
Most cultures reinforce these moral intuitions by condemning sexual behaviors that don't result in offspring like homosexuality and masturbation. Unfortunately this creates a lot of secrecy which has proven to be a very fertile ground for huge variety of things we don't want. Rape, child abuse, sexual slavery, uncontrolled prostitution and illegal pornography thrive in the shadow of taboo.
Today we have better technologies for birth control and our moral intuitions can sometimes even be misguided. That's why we need a new sexual moral that prevents sexual abuse and increases psychological well-being.
ZX Style 10+
I feel comfortable by our 'european' traditional moral.
Some other exotic cultures have a different moral, like having more than one wife or having multiple partners.
If it would be socially accepted to have multiple partners or raping we would slip down to animals.
Where only the right of the strongest is valid.
We on the other hand have a very huge gene pool, this saves us from extinction in the long term.
While only the strongest animals can be vulnerable from other new threats and possible extinct.
And extinction is happening every once in a while.
Feyisayo Anjorin 50+
We may have a lot of fancy gadgets and technologies; but there is nothing new under the sun because the most important part of life on earth, that is, humanity, remain the same in nature.
Salim Solaiman 50+
However it will be interesting to listen thoughts round the evolution of sexual morality in different clan, culture, religion, and society .......as those came in forth only after pre-historic humankind evolved in to a level of understanding of having a family of her/his own...