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%SEXUAL BIAS 761228
All of us are sexual creatures. We can not consider
sexuality free of bias. Thus it is important to perceive
the particular bias of each person's understanding of
sexuality. Exclusive objectivity is biased against
subjective and reflexive insights and perceptions.
Exclusively theoretical approaches are biased against
existential data and knowledge gained through intimate
relationships. Exclusively legalistic ways of dealing with
sexuality are biased against respect for individual
differences. Exclusively subjective ways of living are
biased against the perception of generally recognized
patterns of cause and effect. The value of any
consideration of human sexuality depends upon a
recognition of the bias inherent in that consideration. If
the bias is not recognized, the value of the fruits of the
consideration is greatly reduced.
Legalists rarely are interested in the reports of
peoples' experiences in intimate sexual relationships.
Such data is perceived by them to be irrelevant to their
theories about human sexuality. They tend to have an
exclusive concern for maintaining their theories, rather
than for testing their theories against existential data.
This is true of both secular and religious legalists---
they differ primarily in the nature of their theories of
human sexuality and what constitutes proper sexual
behavior.
Advocates of "free sex" often fail to respect
observed patterns of consequences of entering into various
types of intimate relationships. It is often difficult to
distinguish between chosen consequences which flow from
social conventions and traditions on the one hand, and
inevitable consequences which human decisions and actions
can not avoid. Because all researchers dealing with human
sexuality are participants in human sexuality unbiased
research into human sexuality is impossible. Because all
sexual relationships occur within a social context it is
impossible to fully separate out which consequences of
sexual relationships flow from the nature of the society,
which flow from "natural laws", and which are chosen by
the participants. Ambiguity seems to be an essential
ingredient in human sexual relationships. Attempts to
eliminate ambiguity tend to eliminate healthy sexual
relationships.
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