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Jamie Rindler's avatar

I'm so happy to see someone write this!! The Catholic understanding of sex is so beautiful and has led me to a deeper level of surrender. If sex is just for pleasure, and the procreative aspect can be left out, then why aren't same-sex acts also permissible?

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Lexi Green's avatar

Current Protestant here but I’m exploring Catholicism and it seems everyone I’m reading lately is Catholic. There definitely is a presupposition within evangelical spaces that men are sexual and women aren’t. There is always an assumption that men have the higher sex drive. So much “if we just coax the woman the right way she’ll put out” kind of attitude. It’s quite disgusting. And yes, there is def an assumption that you’ll use some form of birth control. We currently have 4 girls and I’m often asked if we’re done. Personally, I think it’s pretty bizarre to ask a married person why they have sex. But apparently, amongst 20 or so couples in my bible church small group all but 2 men (my husband and another man who recently had his 6th kid) have had vasectomies.

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