Sexual ethics is a topical issue of today as sexual identity and sexual activities are perhaps the most personal and basic ways that we can express ourselves. From the Christian perspective, sexuality is a matter of individuality and private morality, whilst political bodies, religious institution and social values render a variety of interpretations of gender and sexual relationships. In other words, sexual ethics is profoundly political, economic and social. For many religions, sexual ethics is expressive of a divine relationship as well as the fact that it is undertaken within a community. This tension in sexual ethics between the private and the public sphere is what makes it an interesting and important topic of academic study.
Sexual ethics encompasses the issues of sex before, within and outside of marriage, sexual orientation, masturbation and contraception. The context of sexual ethics in the world today is that any form of sexual pleasure is pursued solely for the immediate physical gratification and not for the intimacies between two people that it involves. …
