Sex is everywhere in our society. The average American child, who watches about 20 hours of television a week, is subjected to an implicit sex education. Michael A.
Carrera, who teaches at Hunter College in New York, says there are about 20, scenes on television each year that suggest sexual acts, all of them without regard to the outcome. In a comprehensive study of sexual behavior, Samuel Janus and Cynthia Janus compiled the Janus report, which surveyed 2, Americans age 18 to over The researchers found that sexual activity had begun earlier in life for members of each age group than it did for the next oldest age group among both males and females, and that the age of first intercourse has become progressively younger over the years.
There is a shift in attitudes about premarital sex. Furthermore, the U. Census bureau released a report offering a historical perspective on the state of marriage in From the number of divorced adults quadrupled from 4. This view says that sex is a natural human impulse or instinct. Just as food can be enjoyed in a variety of settings, so one can enjoy a casual sexual encounter with some one without deep feelings of love and affection.
Thus, greater human happiness is attained if people can take whatever pleasure they can get from sex without the burden of moral guilt. Some defend free love on the basis of hedonistic utilitarianism the view that we ought to act to maximize pleasure. Thus any act that would increase pleasure ought to be performed. This is not a new view at all, because the apostle Paul alludes to some in the city of Corinth having this idea in I Corinthians However, studies have shown that can be significantly more emotionally fulfilling and physically satisfying when shared in marriage.
Of all sexually active people, the group with the highest percentage reporting being extremely or very satisfied with the amount of physical pleasure and emotional satisfaction they received from their partner are the faithfully married respondents.
