1. Ethics of True Love
and Sexuality
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2. Need for New
Ethic of
Love and
Sexuality
 To curb excesses
of
the sexual
revolution
 To enhance
personal
& marital
fulfillment
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3. Human Sexuality
Involves Freedom
 Physical  Social
&
 Moral
Instinctu
al
 Physical &
Instinctual
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4. With Freedom
Comes
Responsibility
Conscien
ce
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5. With Freedom
Comes
Responsibility
Conscien
ce
Spous
e
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6. With Freedom
Comes
Responsibility
Conscien
ce
Spous
e
Child
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7. Sex — Links the
Deepest
Aspects of One’s
Being
Love
Sex
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8. Sex — Links the
Deepest
Aspects of One’s
Being
Sex
Lif
e
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9. Sex — Links the
Deepest
Aspects of One’s
Being
Sex
Lineag
e
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10. Sex — Links the
Deepest
Aspects of One’s
Being
Conscien
ce
Sex
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11. Protective Knowledge
about Love
 Infatuation vs. maturing
love
 Building a long-lasting
love relationship
 Challenges of a
committed relationship
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12. Protective Knowledge
about Sexuality
 Non-physical dimensions
of sexual love
 Sex vs. love
 Mental and relational
consequences of
premature sex
 Controlling sexual urges
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13. Freedom of
Premarital Sexual
Abstinence
 To enjoy youth
 To develop a
healthy,
independent
identity
 To learn social
skills
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14. Authorities Need to
Represent the Healthy
Standard
Contraceptive
promotion conveys
adult expectation
of unwed youth
having sex
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15. Abstinence & Fidelity Are
Viable
Objections
addressed
by ethic of true
love
and sexuality
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16. Abstinence &
Fidelity
Unattainable?
 Upholding this
standard seen as
inviting deception
 Sex outside marriage
seen as common
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17. Abstinence & Fidelity Are
Viable
 85% of spouses
Source:University of Chicago Survey
faithful
 Majority married as
virgins in past
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18. Abstinence & Fidelity —
Driven by Ignorance &
Guilt?
 Viewed as
hampering sexual
satisfaction in
marriage
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19. Self–Control Is the best
Means
of Birth & Disease–Control
“Encouraging people to
develop self-control just
makes good scientific public
health sense.”
Source: William Roper, MD, Director
of Center for Disease Control
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20. “Absolute
Sex”
Ethic
 True Love
 One
Lifetime
Spouse
x
“Free Sex”
Ethic
 Self–
Gratification
 Multiple
Sexual
Partners
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21. New American Commitment
to Pro–Abstinence Sex
Education
U.S. Congress
mandated
$250 million for
abstinence education
in 1997
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22. Pledge of Abstinence
 Single most
protective
factor
 Feature only of
character–based
education
Source:
Klein, et al., “The National
Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health,”
Journal of the American Medical
Association, September 10, 1997
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