A2 AQA Sexual Behaviour and Human Relationships
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- Created on: 24-04-13 20:53
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- Sexual Behaviour and Human Relationships
- Religion and Love
- ****** Love
- Can be seen as a negative
- Buddhism
- Can be an obstacle to Enlightenment as it encourages attachment
- In the Ancient world it was sometimes seen as a dangerous focus on the physical body rather than intellectual or unconditional love
- Buddhism
- Can be seen as a negative
- Philial Love
- Brotherhood or sisterhood
- Community love
- United people in a group
- Dangerous though as it can lead to clan identity and inter-group conflict
- Love which prefers those "like me"
- Not inclusive like Agape or Advesa
- Assumes reciprocity from others in that group
- Love which prefers those "like me"
- Dangerous though as it can lead to clan identity and inter-group conflict
- groups of same people (religious, ethnic, cultural
- United people in a group
- Dangerous though as it can lead to clan identity and inter-group conflict
- Love which prefers those "like me"
- Not inclusive like Agape or Advesa
- Assumes reciprocity from others in that group
- Love which prefers those "like me"
- Dangerous though as it can lead to clan identity and inter-group conflict
- United people in a group
- United people in a group
- Friendship
- Compassionate Love
- Empathetic and sensitive
- Looks after someone
- eg. Parent and Child
- Can extend to others (strangers)
- Characterised by thoughtfulness that sees when others are in need
- Looks after someone
- In Hinduism it is "karuna"
- Empathetic and sensitive
- Divine/Holy Love
- Christianity
- God is love
- Old Testament: Deuteronomy 6:5
- Love the Lord thy God with all thine heart
- Old Testament: Deuteronomy 6:5
- God is love
- Christianity
- ****** Love
- Sex and Relationships
- Lots of issues covered
- Sex
- Gender
- Gender orientation
- Attitudes and Values towards reproduction
- Sexual pleasure
- Commitment
- Religion sometimes viewed as outdated in Secular societes
- Patriarchal
- Some argue that patriarchal attitudes have distorted genuine religious teachings
- Biologically ignorant
- Women seen solely as mothers even though they can only reproduce for half their lives
- Rarely equal status depicted in marriage
- Patriarchal
- Secular society also blamed for objectifying women for sexual pleasure
- Change needed in both?
- Religion sometimes viewed as outdated in Secular societes
- Patriarchal
- Some argue that patriarchal attitudes have distorted genuine religious teachings
- Biologically ignorant
- Women seen solely as mothers even though they can only reproduce for half their lives
- Rarely equal status depicted in marriage
- Patriarchal
- Religion sometimes viewed as outdated in Secular societes
- Change needed in both?
- Lots of issues covered
- Religion and Love
- Love the Lord thy God with all thine heart
- They believe sex obstructs the soul's progress of escaping the body
- Because this obstructs the soul, it is NOT holy
- Division between physical and spiritual
- Dualism
- Stoics disapprove because of the sense of the loss of control
- Animal instinct/nature involved in sexual excitement and ******
- Division between physical and spiritual
- Because this obstructs the soul, it is NOT holy
- SEX IS BAD
- Pythagoras believed humans should abstain from sex and be contemplative
- Pythagoreans believe the soul is trapped in the body
- They believe sex obstructs the soul's progress of escaping the body
- Because this obstructs the soul, it is NOT holy
- Division between physical and spiritual
- Dualism
- Stoics disapprove because of the sense of the loss of control
- Animal instinct/nature involved in sexual excitement and ******
- Division between physical and spiritual
- Because this obstructs the soul, it is NOT holy
- They believe sex obstructs the soul's progress of escaping the body
- Pythagoreans believe the soul is trapped in the body
- Pythagoras believed humans should abstain from sex and be contemplative
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