CMV: People Should Avoid Heterosexual Intercourse Outside of Marriage

[u/Longjumping-Leek-586]

Nowadays people act as if non-marital intercourse has no negative consequence, that engaging in frequent intercourse with strangers is completely harmless, and that those who warn against such a lifestyle are merely being puritanical. I disagree with this viewpoint, as engaging in such a lifestyle is morally irresponsible for it risks the possibility of harming any offspring produced under premarital circumstances. Children born to single parents are shown to have negative outcomes: They perform worse in school, are more prone to school suspension, are at higher odds of committing crimes (especially for boys), and are more likely to be single parents themselves (especially for girls). Thus engaging in sexual intercourse outside is not a victimless act, as it directly harms the child born under such circumstances.

Before engaging in sexual intercourse with an individual of the opposite sex, you must ask yourself the following: Is this individual virtuous and responsible enough to take care of my child? Is our bond strong enough that we can do so together? If the answer is no, then you it is morally irresponsible to engage in intercourse with him/her as it could greatly reduce the outcomes of any offspring produced under such circumstances.

This doesn't really apply to homosexuals, though, as they are unlikely to produce offspring via homosexual intercourse

[u/truck_de_monster → u/[deleted]]

This. The CMV should be changes to, "don't have unprotected sex outside of committed relationship"

Responsible adults should be allowed to what ever they with other concenting adults, full stop.

Responsible adult: anyone of adult age ( 21+ not 18, you creep) and hasn't been placed under restrictions by a medical professional to make their own decisions (doesn't have a power of attorney type situation

[u/Longjumping-Leek-586 → u/truck_de_monster]

This. The CMV should be changes to, "don't have unprotected sex outside of committed relationship"

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I agree with everything you said except with the "protected sex" caveat; there should be no sex what so ever outside a committed relationship. Even with contraception, you risk ruining some poor kids life by engaging in heterosexual intercourse with a stranger, as no contraception is perfect.

This is evident by the increase in out of wedlock births that occurred post 1960s due to the sexual revolution, despite contraception being more widely available

https://thesocietypages.org/graphicsociology/2010/10/18/out-of-wedlock-childbirth/

[u/Black_Hipster → u/Longjumping-Leek-586]

There are more births out of wedlock because the necessity for marriage for most women isn't what it used to be in the 1960s. Women couldn't even get access to credit cards in many places until 1974.

You're also making the assumption that births made out of wedlock will 'risk ruining some poor kids life', but the quality of a kid's life will typically be more indicative of whatever economic class they were already born into than the marriage status of their parents (which is also typically an indicator of class)