Organized Dialogue March 25, 2020

the proposal that cristianti gives about sexuality helps the people to be better
developed

In Favor

1.-An study made by EDMUNDO FAYANAS ESCUER (NUEVATRIBUNA.ES18/09/17) says that the
couples that have sexual relations out of the marriage they are more likely not to value their
relationship with their spouses and the divorce rate increases, the couples outside of Christianity,
outside of the religious concept, they have a better moral concepts and values development that
encourages them to arrange to strengthen relationships in moments of problems, the percentage
of people who have sex on a religious basis, the divorce rate is lower

2.- Credibilidad de la enseñanza de la Iglesia sobre la sexualidad by Credibilidad de la enseñanza de

la Iglesia sobre la sexualidad Waldo Romo Profesor de la Facultad de Teología Pontificia
Universidad Católica de Chile The article presents some of the current challenges of the credibility
of the church concerning its teachings on sexuality. The author sets them in a historical context
which show how the teachings of the church developed from it origins to the Vatican Council II.
These challenges are framed within an integrating conceptualisation of the human sexuality
considering the contributions made by the various social sciences. The article acknowledges the
presence of many challenges, but focuses on those most relevant in the contemporaneous culture:
the need to overcome the maniquean view of sexuality, but also the hedonist one, the valorisation
of the sexual pleasure without turning it into an absolute value, yet keeping from a negative view
of it. It refers to the issue of the way the Magisterium has dealt with the language on this matter:
taking notice of the significance of some conducts, especially among the youth, regarding their
understanding of sexuality and the Church's response in this debate

3.-

According to the CCE, chastity (abstention from sexual enjoyment) is a virtue and all baptized
persons, in any situation other than marriage (singles, boyfriends, separated, widowers,
homosexuals, etc.), must abstain from practicing sexuality. Sexual intercourse is allowed only
between married people and for nothing more than for reproductive and union purposes.
Consecrated personnel (priests, men and women religious) should practice sexual abstinence for
life. According to the CCE, chastity integrates sexuality in the person, develops self-control and
imitates the purity of Christ and, in addition, in the case of consecrated persons, celibacy (which is
the state of singleness) eminently facilitates exclusive dedication to God (CCE 2337-2349).
Against

1.-In my vast career as a Kinesiologist specialized in sexual dysfunctions, I have been able to realize
the great influence that religion brings in the sexuality of people. Many of the patients who come
to Centro Miintimidad tell me about the type of education and religious influences they received
during their lives. Some of them who studied in religiously oriented schools, reported that they did
not speak to them about specific birth control methods, but stressed that sexual abstinence,
should be practiced until marriage and all sexual practice before it, was a sin. In current times,
with so much temptation and information at your fingertips, it is very difficult to follow the
teachings received and many women decide to explore other alternatives of sexual life. With the
hormonal awakening and as you become related to another, sexual desire, chemical attraction and
the desire to experiment begin to awaken. It is then when the great conflict of the moral, spiritual,
religious occurs with the intention of starting sexual life. Many of them live their sexuality with
guilt, with sinful thoughts, with the inability to feel pleasure, with much shame, often producing
sexual dysfunctions, such as:

- Anorgasmia (difficulty or absence of being able to experience an orgasm).

- Difficulty in excitation and lubrication.

- Lack of sexual desire.

- Pain or inability to achieve intercourse.

2.- You may wonder, then, how do these religious beliefs influence sexuality?

The woman, feeling guilty and sinful in the face of a sexual encounter, will not be able to free
herself from these thoughts, will always be monitored, feeling evaluated, judged and observed by
her parents and spiritual guides and will not be able to let go of control, live in the present
moment and enjoy herself. of their sexuality. In response to this, many have learned to strongly
contract the muscles of their vagina, thus avoiding vaginal penetration and preventing intercourse.

The brain is the great sexual organ that controls the permissions that we give ourselves for
enjoyment. If our erotic thoughts are restricted, it will be very difficult for sexual desire to be
generated, on the contrary, we will avoid any approach, which could end with a rejection or
aversion to sex. For there to be lubrication and excitement, a sexual response must take place in
our body, as an effect of the interaction of sexual games, but this may not happen in this way if we
are disconnected from our sensations and what we are experiencing, because our thoughts and
guilt is distracting us. Given this close relationship between religion and sexuality, it is very
important to educate yourself, inform yourself and dare to ask questions and clarify doubts in
order to reconcile any religious option with a healthy and pleasant sexuality.

3.-

In recent days there have been abundant journalistic notes, opinion columns, and articles of
analysis where the marches to which the Catholic Church in Mexico is calling, through the so called
National Front for the Family, to speak out against the initiative of President Enrique Peña Nieto
that allows same-sex marriage. A few journalists are in favor of their position, although the
majority rejects it, arguing basically two things: first, that the Mexican State is secular, that is, the
government should not exercise its functions based on or following a religion. Second, that we all
have human rights, as well as sexual and reproductive rights that must be respected.

Roberto Blancarte, a sociologist expert in religions, recalls that the ministers of worship may not
agree with equal marriages, but they lack the political representation to intervene in civil
marriage.

We know that for centuries, the Catholic Church has tried to preserve the myths that, to a large
extent, it has created around human sexuality, but today we live in societies represented by
democratic governments that should not continue allowing this. It happened, especially when we
see that, as on this occasion, the position of religious groups violates our rights.

The Mexican activist Alex Alí Méndez, seeks to demonstrate the violation of the Constitution and
the Law of Religious Associations and Public Worship, indicating that in various articles of the
Mexican Constitution it is said that the Churches cannot call protests or get involved in politics.

Situations like this merit deep reflection. It is not a matter of requiring people to put aside their
religious life (whatever their belief or level of acceptance of it) in order to enjoy their eroticism
and conform as sexed human beings. Everyone can have a religion or none. The issue is knowing
how to differentiate things, understanding the precepts that we follow without being carried away
by what some representatives of the cults tell us that, as usually happens, they could have
interests beyond the fullness of their faithful.