The Obedient Wives Club in Malaysia is drawing a lot of controversy if not jeers on how its members understand the role of sex in marriage. I am not a Muslim but a Catholic. Let me say what I understand about sex from the point of view of my religion.
. . . Sex is indeed a taboo in Asian society --- the Philippines included. I can only surmise that such attitude is developed because of the nature of sex and/or out of religious conviction.
Sex in marriage is sacred because of its procreative power and nature. In Genesis 2:24, the Creator said, “That is why a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, and the two of them become one body.” The correct mathematics here is “one plus one equals one.” Thus, in the wedding rite, the groom and the bride vow to each other to love one another as “husband” and “wife” before God and before the priest.
Love, according to St. Paul, “is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, (love) is not pompous, it is not inflated. It is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered. It does not brood over injury. It does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth.” (1Cor. 13: 4-6)
It is correct that a wife should totally submit herself to her husband for sex but the reverse is also correct. Sex is the mutual right of both parties they are entitled with through the sacrament of matrimony. The husband should also submit himself to his wife for none of the couple has a monopoly over sex that one has the right to say to the other, “You my sex slave.”
I have no problem about sexy attires inside the bedroom and the like such as “obeying, serving and entertaining” to create excitement which is the core of sex but it is always a two-way process. Love is not greedy. Love is not lust.
The reason why we have different; oftentimes, unenlightened view on sex is because of the social taboo that sex is an indecent if not a vulgar topic between parents and children or between children and friends.
That is absolutely false!
For that reason, there is a Bill in Congress that if enacted into law, sex education is taught to children at the age of five the earliest. I agree with the purpose of the Bill but the parents are primarily tasked to teach their children what sex is all about in a manner parents believe to be appropriate to their children.
For that reason, there is a Bill in Congress that if enacted into law, sex education is taught to children at the age of five the earliest. I agree with the purpose of the Bill but the parents are primarily tasked to teach their children what sex is all about in a manner parents believe to be appropriate to their children.
Marriage is a covenant where both parties have equal rights, duties and obligation even in having sex.
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