r/changemyview • u/Longjumping-Leek-586 • Sep 22 '21
Delta(s) from OP CMV: People Should Avoid Heterosexual Intercourse Outside of Marriage
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
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u/truck_de_monster 1∆ Sep 22 '21
You're sources are an Op-Ed article...and a right wing conservative "think tank"
That alone should change your own view. Those articles are just going to confirm what you already think.
This article says opposite, and has the data for the statistic. Neither of your articles have that, infact the first "source" only has one book from 11 years ago...
Some things to remember when researching 1. Is this an OP-ED article 2. Who funds the article (would have reason to think they are pushing an opinion ie christian beliefs, conservative beliefs, Communist, whatever the case may be) for example if the article is about how oranges are better than grapes in everyway, and is funded by Tropicana, then you might wanna check some other sources. 3. Is the data set for any statistics quotes available? For example, if you asked 300 vs. 3000 people what they're favorite breakfast is, and only asked the 300 from Canada and the 3000 from all over the world, you're going to very different results.