What Is an Ethics Program?

Sexual ethics refers to the sum of social norms for humans to adjust their sexual behavior. In order to maintain the stability of social order and ensure the normal progress of social life, this norm is needed to restrict people's sexual behavior. Sexual ethics refers to the ethics of each person's sexual behavior.

Sexual ethics is mainly concentrated in the field of family and marriage ethics, which has a wide range of contents. From love, marriage, childbearing, rearing offspring, and long years, it is necessary to have a faith and will to maintain the family, loyal spouse, breeding offspring, and old age The pursuit of novelty, such as the novelty of sexual behavior, is not the most dangerous to abide by sexual morality. ^[1]

Chinese name: Sexual morality
Foreign name: Sexual morality

Applied discipline: psychology
Application range: Social psychology

Sexual Moral Research Content

Sexual morality

1. The voluntary principle of both parties. Voluntary is based on the premise of not violating social morality.

2. The principle of non-injury. Do not hurt yourself, do not hurt each other, do not hurt future generations, do not cause mental pollution.

3. The principle of love. The physical and psychological feelings are organically integrated.

4. Marriage contracting principles. There is a famous saying in the Bible, "Sexual intercourse is only ethical in the bed of marriage."

5. Scientific family planning principles.

6. The principle of sexual taboos. Certain genetic diseases and family ethics have sexual taboo requirements.

In addition to legal means, restrictive moral means rely on traditional virtue education, including: sense of shame, obligation, responsibility, conscience, sense of public morality, and chastity. Sex and love under moral constraints, and the pursuit of humanity's high-level needs will be a beautiful poem, a charming painting, an intoxicating song, a cup of sweet agar, and a part of the journey of life good time.

Sum of social norms for human adjustment of sexuality. In order to maintain the stability of social order and ensure the normal progress of social life, this norm is needed to restrict people's sexual behavior. As a moral phenomenon, sexual morality is not only manifested in certain ideas, emotions, thoughts, but also in specific behaviors and various activities. Therefore, the content of sexual morality can generally be summarized as: one core-sexual morality norms, three sexual morality categories-love, virginity, and fertility perspectives, three sexual moral relationships-premarital sexual relations, husband and wife sexual relations, and Extramarital sexual relations, an external condition-sexual environment morals. ^[1]

Sexual moral love concept

Love is the relationship between men and women from the heart and desire each other to become lifelong partners. Sexual attraction is a natural prerequisite for love. However, there is a qualitative difference between love and sexual desire. Love is a kind of social feelings of human beings, and pure sexual desire is just the instinct of animals. Modern sex love is fundamentally different from ancient love: first, it is based on mutual love, and women are on an equal footing with men; while ancient love does not necessarily require women's consent. Second, love often reaches a strong and lasting degree. If they cannot be combined and separated from each other, it will be difficult for both parties to accept. The characteristics of love are: reciprocity. On the premise of mutual love, the two sides agree with each other and give each other. Specificity and exclusivity. Love is an admiration relationship between a man and a woman. It does not allow third parties to intervene, and is therefore exclusive. Persistence. Love is a long-lasting emotional life, requiring both sides to be loyal and able to withstand the trials and tribulations of life.

The attitude towards love reflects one's mental outlook and moral qualities. A moral and self-cultivating person should establish a correct view of love: career is higher than love. Love without a career is empty. Career and love are not contradictory, and can be complemented by proper handling. Love is only a part of life, not the purpose of life. The most noble and most important thing in life is career. Therefore, we must persist in the cause of love over love, consciously obey love and obey the cause, and the persistent pursuit of the cause will also promote love. Respect the right of the other party to choose voluntarily. In the process from love to marriage to form a family, both men and women must understand each other through ethical means, and must respect the right of each other to choose voluntarily. Any means of coercion, threat and deception are immoral. Steadfastness. This is the most important principle of love life. Loving parties should be loyal to each other and keep each other, no change of mind can be seen. Responsibility and self-respect. In the process of love, you should express your mutual affection in a ethical manner, and rationally control your behavior. During a relationship, both parties should maintain virginity, respect and respect each other.

Sexual morality

Refers to the unwavering conduct of love between men and women. It is a historic product of human survival and development, and is a virtue demanded by both men and women. The modern concept of chastity does not object to marrying or remarrying after the death of a lover, and does not consider it to be unfaithful to previous love. On the contrary, it should be protected by national laws. The concept of chastity should include two aspects: The conclusion of marriage must be based on love, confirming that they have a common ideal of life and aspirations, and have the personality characteristics of living together; Bring spiritual joy and happiness to both parties. It is chaste and ethical for both parties to consciously maintain a marriage based on this foundation. If you lack the foundation of love, but only combine on the basis of money, status, and beauty, you will be unchaste and lack vitality. Only the union based on love has the power of physical access. Chastity is equal between the two sides and should stand the test of time. The modern concept of virginity ended the unilateral restraint on women in ancient times, and became a common requirement for both men and women. They should treat each other with a correct outlook on life, cherish and maintain their chastity, and promote the seriousness of sexual relations and loyalty to love two. Seeing no change after marriage and sharing family responsibilities is the basis for mutual respect, mutual love, mutual understanding and mutual consideration, mutual consideration, and maintaining a happy marriage. The concept of chastity is of great significance in maintaining the happiness of the family, nurturing children, purifying the social atmosphere, maintaining social stability, and building a healthy and civilized society.

Sexual morality

Refers to the general idea of human reproduction and parenting issues. The concept of fertility, on the one hand, is a reflection of the economic foundation, and on the other hand, it shows that human production is part of social production, which is of great significance to social development. Contemporary China's conception of fertility requires that the rights and obligations of childbearing be unified, and that the will to bear and the responsibility to society and future generations be unified. Specifically, it includes: Establishing the moral concept of "giving birth to the public" in the interests of society as a whole, requiring fertility to use social interests and requirements as the motive for fertility, and avoiding fertility as a means to achieve personal or family goals. The moral concept of "giving birth to justice" reflects the socialist nature of Chinese society. In the form of population reproduction under socialist conditions, in terms of form, fertility activities are carried out within each family; in terms of content, the children born are by no means personal private property, but a major issue related to the national economy and people's livelihood. Individual fertility should be based on the needs of the country and must obey the national interests. The moral concept of "giving birth to the public" is reflected through the purpose of birth, the motive of birth, and the result of birth. Family planning and eugenics are the norms of ethical behaviors in childbearing. Family planning and eugenics are China's basic national policies. The goal is to control the number of people, improve the quality of the population, and adapt the development of the population to the production of material information. Family planning is the use of scientific methods to control the time and density of childbearing in order to achieve a planned birth of children. Specific contents include: promoting and encouraging late marriage and birth control; requiring a couple to have only one child. Eugenics and eugenics are human measures to give birth to children with excellent genetic qualities, while at the same time scientifically nurturing them to improve the quality of the population. The ethics of family planning and eugenics put forward corresponding requirements for the sexual life of couples: firstly, people are required to accept the ethical concepts and behaviors of contraception; secondly, in order to achieve the goal of eugenics and better parenthood, the sexual life between husband and wife must be civilized, scientific and harmonious. Insist on late marriage and late childbirth, which is an important content of contemporary fertility ethics in China. Medical research shows that young people's physical maturity is generally between 23 and 25 years old. If you marry and give birth too early, because the physiological development is not yet mature, it will not only affect the physical development and health of the individual, but also affect the healthy growth of the next generation. Early marriage and early childbirth in rural areas, and "earlier sons and early blessings" are feudal moral concepts of childbearing. It is necessary to recognize scientifically that early marriage and early childbirth are not only harmful to physical development and health, and are not conducive to eugenics for future generations, but also cause rapid population growth and affect the modernization process of the country. This is not allowed by contemporary Chinese birth ethics.

Sexual moral relationship

Sexual moral relationship is a specific form of sexual social relationship. It is based on certain interests and obligations, and is expressed in the form of certain sexual moral norms. Including pre-marital sexual relations, spousal sexual relations and extra-marital sexual relations.

Sexual Moral Premarital Sex

Refers to sexual intercourse between unmarried men and women.

Love is the process of nurturing love between men and women before marriage. Although lovers are just two people, love is by no means a personal matter. It involves others and society, so there is social responsibility. The moral requirements of love are: Pay attention to the morals, sentiments and aspirations of both parties. When choosing a couple, you need to consider personality, hobbies, economic income, etc., but morality, sentiment, and like-mindedness are always the important foundations of pure and lasting love. Respect each other's emotions and perform their obligations equally. The establishment of a love relationship must be based on the common will of the two parties, and the two parties should be in a completely equal position. Neither party can force or deceive the other to accept their love. In the same way, don't try to force someone to love someone who you don't like. Once the two parties determine the relationship of love, they must share all the obligations contained in the relationship equally. Frankness, long-term test, loyalty. From the determination of a love relationship to marriage, there must be a comprehensive understanding of each other. To be frank and to stand the test of time, the two parties must be loyal and dedicated, not have other couples at the same time, or transfer love lightly. Even if you find that the other party is not suitable to live with yourself, you should interrupt your love relationship with the other party in a proper way before you choose a new couple. Noble taste and healthy communication. After the love relationship is established, the two parties must control their emotions rationally in the process of deepening their exchanges, and must avoid sexual impulses exceeding social moral norms.

Sexual morality

Refers to normal sexual life between legal couples. To maintain harmonious sexual relations between husband and wife, both parties must abide by certain moral requirements: equality and willingness. Equality between men and women is reflected in the fact that husbands and wives have the same rights and duties in their sexual lives. Both husband and wife have the right to take the initiative to have sex with the other party, as well as the obligation and responsibility to meet the other party's sexual requirements as much as possible. Equal rights and obligations must exclude the "possession concept". It is by no means who owns and obeys, but that both parties are completely equal in personality and affection. Sexual life is carried out by the spouses on a voluntary basis, and it is immoral to violate the principle of voluntariness. Respect and consideration. The harmony of husband and wife's sexual life is inseparable from mutual respect and mutual understanding. First of all, the husband must respect and consider his wife. When the sexual life may endanger the physical or mental health of the wife, do not force or force the wife to have sex. Secondly, the wife must respect and consider her husband, understand her husband's emotions and needs, pay attention to adapting herself, and strive to make her sexual intentions consistent with her husband, and reasonably treat and meet her husband's reasonable requirements. On the issue of sexual life, masculinism is not right, and feminism is also harmful to the relationship between husband and wife. Loyal to each other. Loyalty means not betraying or blaspheming the feelings of the other party, and not abusing emotions to someone other than the wife or husband, with or without supervision. Loyalty between husband and wife is the moral foundation for maintaining and developing love and promoting harmonious sex life.

Sexual Moral Extramarital Sex

This refers to an act in which one of the parties has entered into a legal marriage with another person of the opposite sex. China's marriage law has objectively created basic conditions for the unity of love and marriage. The "Marriage Law" not only gives people the right to marry freely, but also gives them the freedom to divorce. This prevents the situations of "have no love but must have different dreams" and "lovers but cannot form family members." It does not prevent extramarital sex. In real life, extramarital affair will continue to occur due to the social environment, the ideological consciousness and moral level of the parties. Extramarital affairs mostly occur in the following situations: marriages based on money, status, power, or reputation; marriages in which the relationship between couples tends to fade and break after marriage; marriages lacking in moral qualities; marriage. The causes of extra-marital sexual relations are not only money, fame and fortune, but also emotional factors, but it mainly depends on the moral concept of the person involved. The sexual civilization of the fine tradition of the Chinese nation negates extramarital sexual relations on the grounds that: Extramarital sexual relationships separate sex from marriage, love and marriage, and this separation makes it possible for the parties to evade social responsibilities related to sexual behavior, regardless of Family, spouse, or extramarital sex are all irresponsible behaviors. Extramarital sex violates the norms of spouse loyalty, it is disrespect for the spouse's personality, hurts the spouse's feelings, and makes the spouse's relationship exist in name, which is immoral behavior. Extramarital sexual relationships can cause extramarital sex to fall into a life dilemma, which will have a major adverse impact on their marriage and family, bring all kinds of annoyance, pain, and misfortune, will destroy the other person's husband and wife relationship, and seriously cause the other person's family rupture. Extramarital sex violates the principle of moral self-discipline, casts a disgraceful shadow on the depths of one's heart, and is always subject to the impact of wind and waves, and must pay a moral price. Once revealed, it will cause the parties and extramarital sex partners to lose their reputations, bring serious impact to the family and career, and be very unfavorable to the growth and development of children.

Sexual morality

Moral evaluation and requirements for various environments that affect and restrict human sexual behavior. Sexual environment refers to the natural and social objective environment that affects and restricts human sexual behavior. In real life, especially under the influence of Western lifestyles, sexual environmental pollution will inevitably occur due to the resistance of sexual instincts to social constraints. The so-called sexual environmental pollution means that in the objective environment that affects human sexual behavior, components that do not meet the requirements of sexual morality are mixed. For example, conceptual sexual environmental pollution is mainly affected by western "sex liberation" and "sexual freedom"; cultural sexual environmental pollution is yellow culture; economic sexual environmental pollution is the infiltration of commodity economy into gender relations, and seriousness The relationship between the sexes became a commodity relationship. Sexual environmental pollution destroys the rational order of sexual relations and the purity of sexual morality. It also threatens the healthy environment of human existence and the stability and unity of society, and especially seriously affects the healthy growth of young people. Therefore, in order to strengthen sexual moral education, we must first transform human environmental morals: Remove family sexual environmental morals. The formation of personal sexual morality concept is firstly through parent education and the imitation of parental behavior. Whether the parental morality concept is noble has a subtle influence on children. Parents must prevent frivolous sexual behaviors in front of their children, avoid their children in sexual life, and eliminate extra-marital sexual relations. A good family living environment and a harmonious relationship between husband and wife are of great significance to the formation of children's healthy sexual morality. A transformative social environment. The sexual social environment is mainly the environment of social order, public opinion and social education. Encourage behaviors that are in line with the good sexual morals of the Chinese nation, and punish behaviors that violate sexual morals. Sexual moral education requires the support of social public opinion and social education, relying on the coercive force of the law, and the correct moral evaluation and education as the direction of social public opinion, to form a joint force, in order to purify the social atmosphere. transformative cultural environment. Culture is an important inducement factor of human sexual behavior. The quality of the cultural environment directly affects the practice of sexual morality, especially the moral behavior of young people. Therefore, journalists and cultural workers must establish a good sense of sex and morality, have a high sense of social responsibility, ban the publication of pornographic and obscene publications, and severely crack down on authors, publishers, and sellers of pornographic and obscene publications. At the same time, we must promote healthy and civilized sex education in the whole society, and pay special attention to school sex health education for young people.

Sexual moral function

Sexual morality is an important part of social morality. Sexual morality is formed in social life and is a norm for sexual behavior. People judge the good and bad, right and wrong, good and evil of sexual behavior according to these norms; that is, make moral judgments about human sexual behavior. ^[2]

Sexual ethics control

Control function refers to the soft control of sexual behavior in society. The so-called "soft" is relative to the law, that is, non-mandatory implementation; the so-called "control" is to form social pressure through social public opinion, in order to achieve the purpose of restraining and stopping bad sexual behavior.

Sexual morality

Regulating function refers to the civilization model of sexual morality, which guides the social population to be more humane and civilized in terms of sexual behavior. Adjust and guide people's sexual behavior, and improve the civilized level of social relationships.

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Sexual moral diversity

Different societies, cultures, nations, and regions may have very different moral evaluations. For this reason, sexual morality shows his diversity even more. Sex culture in human history is divided into three categories: anti-sexual culture, pro-sexual culture, and intersex culture. Anti-sexual culture regards sexual behavior as evil, pro-sexual culture indulges sexual behavior, encourages romantic affairs, and intermediate sexual culture is to selectively stop bad sexual behavior. ^[3]

Sexual moral consistency

Most groups of human beings limit their sexual behavior to marriage, which is common to all human beings. Obviously, this is not only conducive to the continuation of race, but also to the inheritance of property.

Sexual moral inheritance

In the process of evolution, human beings have always retained styles that are conducive to their own development. Sexual moral inheritance is the inheritance of this nature. With the development of the times, with reference to the interests of human development, we will decide which customary behaviors to keep and eliminate.

Sexual moral duality

(1) The disconnect between ideal expectations and actual behaviors: idealized control and expectation of sexual behaviors, proposing standards of sexual behavior that are beneficial to society and the population, and telling people how to do it. In reality, people's behavior is not always that way, people have their own frame of reference, how the reference point is convenient for themselves. ^[3]

(2) The judgement of men and women's morality is inconsistent, even in modern times or mainstream culture, even in modern society, it still exists.

Essentials of sexual morality inconsistent with sexual morality

Sexual Moral Harassment

Refers to harassment with sexual desire as the starting point. A person uses his or her power, status, position, or contact, or uses some kind of inducement or threat as a threat to sexually invade the opposite sex, including touching, touching, or violating the other's restraint. Verbal provocations, obscene statements and demands, and attempts to have sex.

Sexual moral extramarital affairs

Extramarital affairs can be divided into two situations: one is that you already have a spouse, but the behavior is to pursue married or unmarried heterosexuals other than the spouse, or to accept the pursuit of married or unmarried heterosexuals other than marriage; , The pursuit of married heterosexual behavior or acceptance of married heterosexual pursuit. In either case, it is widely believed that extramarital affair hurts the relationship between husband and wife and poses a threat to the family system as a factor of social instability.