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Ethics - Unit 13
Respect for the Gift of Sexuality
Term | Definition |
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fidelity | Marital faithfulness between husbands and wives that requires reserving all sexual activity and affection for each other and also asks couples to be loyal to each other through good times and bad |
fecundity | The ability to produce offspring, a gift proper to marriage, which can allow a husband and wife to participate with God in the creation of new life |
infertility | The physical incapacity of a female or male to cooperate with God's creative power in conceiving a child |
adultery | Sexual intercourse between a man and woman who are married to other people (or intercourse between an unmarried person and a married person) |
divorce | The dissolution of a marriage contract under civil law |
polygamy | The practice of having more than one spouse |
incest | Sexual intimacy between relatives or in-laws |
free unions | Extended relationships where couples refuse to have their commitment formalized or sanctioned by law |
modesty | A subset of the virtue of temperance that applies to how a person speaks, dresses, and conducts himself or herself; it is related to the virtue of purity and protects the intimate center of a person by refusing to unveil what should remain hidden |
masturbation | The deliberate stimulation of the genitals to obtain solitary sexual pleasure and is contrary to the virtue of chastity |
fornication | Sexual intercourse engaged in by an unmarried male and female |