Tough topic, I know. But it’s also one that shouln’t be ignored, or excessively focused on for that matter. I’m writing this article not to condone or judge, but to explain my point of view.
Nowadays sex is everywhere you look – on T.V, in music,literature and possibly in almost every movie that has come out in the last 20 years. Sex has become a trivial affair, where only half a century ago it was something personal and private.
I personally feel that today’s generation has become so overexposed to sexuality that it has lost all meaning. We have been subject to sex since elementry school, when certain words or phrases that were once taboo have now become everyday jargin. College students, especially, are in their ‘experimental’ phase, one that often leads to unprotected sex and dissapointed one-night stands. I find abstinence to be the best course, a position often met with ‘You’re going to wait till marriage?! Didn’t you live in america for 18 years? How is that possible?!’ among other outraged exclamations. But hey, if I’m not here to judge, why should they? It makes no difference to me whether or not people choose to have pre-marital sex – it’s their decision, not mine. Whereas my decision doesn’t affect anyone but myself, yet I am still viewed as ‘old-fashioned’ and ‘closed-minded.’
Why should I bend to the whims of our ‘let it all hang loose’ society? Just because sex has become the norm doesn’t make it acceptable to those who choose to wait. Nor does it make it okay to judge those who don’t have sex, or lie about doing it just to seem ‘in.’ The opposite is true for pre-marital sex, if that is indeed your position. Individual values are different for everyone, and it is no one’s right to judge or look down upon another person’s wishes.
On one hand, having that kind of freedom in many societies today may be a good sign of overcoming our shyness about such private matters. Nonetheless, this particular topic is a sensitive one, and people, especially with the help of the media today, are taking it too far when it comes to viewing inappropriate sexual scenes. Imagine how traumatizing this could be for a six year old child who happens to stumble on such a scene on tv.
Although there is no hope of a modesty resurrection in the media(have you watched a Lady Gaga video lately?) it doesn’t mean that we should accept all their ideals as true. Don’t forget your morals and submit to the sex craze just because its become commonplace.
For those of you who are undecided about whether to wait or not, don’t let peer pressure influence you. Easier said than done, I know, but this is an important issue. Choose for yourself, not to impress your friends, appease your significant other or even to fit in.
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