Immoral?
What do we mean when we talk about something being immoral? The dictionary offers two definitions, the first one says: not following accepted standards of sexual behaviour.The other definition refers to people and their behaviour and means: not considered to be good or honest by most people. When we talk about immoral acts, most of the time we think about the former.Generally, the first thing that comes to the mind of a person when we name the word "immoral" is sex, and not even something related to using sex to hurt people.It just seems to be the immoral issue par excellence. According to Freud, every human fact that has to do with the psicological or social life of a person has a sexual significance and its meaning comes from our sexual drives and the transformations that the ego and the culture continuously demand.That's why sexuality is present in all human manifestations, namely those related to our behaviour, health, pathology, education,children upbringing, morality, religion, cultural productions and social phenomena. Since represion emerges when we are children, sexuality will always be regarded as being disgunting and offensive. At social level this represion is expressed in the innumerable taboos that revolve around sexuality, and we will never be able to treat dispassionately any matter that refers to it.
Savater, Etica para Amador
Chapter 8
1 comment:
Mind you, Adriana. Freud wasn't thinking of sex in the way most people understand it when they think of something immoral when he discussed "sexuality".
Anyway, do you have any ideas about why some people tend to see sex as immoral? Do you see that "teaching sex" is part of your professional duties as an EFL teacher?
Looking forward to reading your views on this!
Fondly,
Gladys
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