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By: Diana García
1. Lust: it is pleasure (1) because lust is not handed over, it is not given; it is prepared to receive sexual pleasure, it means that, pleasure is looked for the pleasure itself and not as a consequence; setting apart the objective of sexual relations, procreation and union.
2. Masturbation: is understood as the excitement of the genital organs in order to get venereal pleasure (2). The Masturbation phenomenon is a statistically common phenomenon, but it does not mean that it is a norm or that it corresponds to human nature (3).
3. Fornication (4): is the carnal union between a man and a woman outside marriage. That is to say, when there are premarital relations or those couples that living together without getting married.
4. Pornography: nowadays all mass media (television, theater, press, movies) openly offer pornographic pictures; they are common scenes that we can see everywhere at any time. But it does not mean that it is something normal or good for the individual.
5. Prostitution: is a sexual relation whose main motive is money and it takes place with more than one person (5). Violating the prostituted person’s dignity, since he/she is reduced to the venereal pleasure that is obtained from him/her (6).
Bibliography
(1) PIEPER, Josef; “Las virtudes fundamentales”; “Ediciones Rialp”; Madrid; 1980; p. 241
(2) Catholic Church Catechism; n. 2352
(3) TREVIJANO, Pedro; “Madurez y sexualidad”; “Ediciones Sígueme”; Salamanca; 1994; p. 106
(4) Catholic Church Catechism; n. 2353
(5) TREVIJANO, Pedro; “Madurez y sexualidad”; “Ediciones Sígueme”; Salamanca; 1994; p. 163
(6) Catholic Church Catechism; n. 2354
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