One night poll

[ewx]

Apropos of this article.

[Poll #701581]

Notes:

• If you're in a monogamous relationship then answer as if you were not - i.e. I'm asking about your opinion about the activity in general not about your current situation.
• "Morally wrong for everybody" means you think nobody should do it. "Morally wrong for you but OK for other people" means you'd think you were being bad if you did it but wouldn't necessarily think the same of someone else doing it. "OK for everybody" means you wouldn't think anyone, including yourself, was being bad for it (even if they themselves would).
• You can think it's distateful, or indication of something missing, without necessarily also thinking it's wrong.

Comments

[lethargic-man.livejournal.com]

Well done, you've passed the aptitude test. :o)

[liv]

So, uh, are you trying to justify that you think casual sex is wrong without coming across as all prudish and moralistic?

There has to be a first time, whether it's the first time you have sex or the first time you have casual sex. And also, to an extent expecting sex to be emotionally bonding is a self-fulfilling prophecy. If a person has only ever had sex in important, loving relationships, they're going to have a whole lot of associations which would bias the way that they approach casual sex. So I don't think it's sensible to argue that people should start out by having sex only in committed relationships, but then may decide that they want to move on to more casual sex once they have more experience. Because the experience they acquire that way would not be relevant, basically.

That said, I wouldn't have a problem with the argument that casual sex is, in fact, morally wrong.

[lethargic-man.livejournal.com]

So, uh, are you trying to justify that you think casual sex is wrong without coming across as all prudish and moralistic?

Not quite, because I do recognise the fact that there are lots of people who are in a position to know whether they fit my criteria.