Th
131:
Marriage
&
Sexuality


Thesis
Statement:
 References:

From
A
Catholic
Perspective

The
2011
movie
Love
and
Other
Drugs

(Jake
 Gyllenhaal,
 Anne
 Hathaway)

portrays
 a
 casual
 and
 laid‐back
 view
 • Lauterpacht,
Elihu,
C.
J.
Greenwood,
A.
G.

on
 premarital
 sex,
 ultimately
 Oppenheimer.
International
Law
Reports
Volume

legitimizing
 it
 on
 the
 basis
 of
 “love”.

The
movie
makes
use
of
many
of
the
 •
121.
Cambridge:
Cambridge
University
Press,
2002

Republic
Act
No.
8353
“The
Anti‐Rape
Law
of
 Love
&


Interdisciplinary
 rationales
 and
 1997."

explanations
 for
 sexual
 intercourse

but
 ultimately
 fails
 in
 meeting
 the

• BBC
News.
"Sex:
The
Cold
Cure."
BBC
News.
April

14,
1999.

Other
Drugs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/319070.stm

Church’s
 standards
 for
 morally
 Angeles
|
Bornilla
|
Catabijan
|

De
Leon
|

(accessed
February
14,
2011).

acceptable
intercourse
by:
 • Catholic
Bishops'
Conference
of
the
Philippines.
 Guevarra
|
Resurrecion
|
Santos



• failing
 to
 accord
 proper
 respect
 Catechism
for
Filipino
Catholics.
Manila:
Word
and

to
Marriage
as
an
institution;
and
 Life
Publications,
1997.

• failing
 to
 exhibit
 mutual
 • Drugs.com.
"Viagra
Side
Effects."
Drugs.com
Drug

unconditional
 responsibility
 and
 Information
Online.
February
17,
2011.

assumption
 of
 responsibility
 for
 http://www.drugs.com/sfx/viagra‐side‐
the
 consequences
 of
 sexual
 effects.html
(accessed
Febrary
20,
2011).

• Elihu
Lauterpacht,
C.
J.
Greenwood,
A.
G.

activity.

Oppenheimer.
International
Law
Reports
Volume


 121.
Cambridge
University
Press,
2002.

• Gatiss,
Lee.
The
Theologian.

The
Film
 http://www.theologian.org.uk/pastoralia/premarti
alsex.html
(accessed
February
15,
2011).

• Genovesi,
Vincent
J.
In
Pursuit
of
Love:
Catholic

Love
and
Other
Drugs
tells
the
story
 Morality
and
Human
Sexuality.
Quezon
City:
Jesuit

of
 a
 promiscuous
 pharmaceutical
 Communications
Foundation,
Inc.,
2003.

• Love
and
Other
Drugs.
Directed
by
Edward
Zwick.

representative
 (Jamie)
 in
 his
 casual

Performed
by
Jake
Gyllenhaal.
2011.

sexual
relationship
with
a
Parkinson’s
 • Kimball,
John
W.
"Sexual
Reproduction
in

afflicted
 waitress
 (Maggie).
 In
 the
 Humans."
Kimball's
Biology
Pages.
January
1,
2011.

world
 of
 hot
 med
 interns,
 fast
 bed
 http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/Biology
partners
 and
 prescription
 pill
 Pages/S/Sexual_Reproduction.html#Copulation_a
erections
Jamie
may
yet
find
what
it
 nd_Fertilization
(accessed
February
14,
2011).

means
to
really
be
in
love.
 • Lauterpatcht,
Elihu,
C.
J.
Greenwood,
and
A.
G.

Oppenheimer.
International
Law
Reports.

Cambridge
University
Press,
2001.

• Republic
Act
No.
8353.
The
Anti‐Rape
Law
of
1997.

1997.

• XVI,
Pope
Benedict.
God
Is
Love
(Deus
Caritas
Est).

December
25,
2005.

http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/e
ncyclicals/documents/hf_ben‐
xvi_enc_20051225_deus‐caritas‐est_en.html

(accessed
February
15,
2011).

• Zwick,
Edward.
Dir.
Perf.
Jake
Gyllenhaal
and

Anne
Hathaway.
Love
and
Other
Drugs.
20th

Century
Fox,
2011.


 


 II. Sociology


Suspendisse

Meaning
and
Purpose
of
Sexual

• 
The
youth
today
get
a
higher
exposure
to
sex
from

media
 yet
 without
 any
 corresponding
 increase
 in

information
on
how
to
handle
the
input.

Theological
Opinion




potenti.
 • Deviance
 can
 also
 come
 into
 play.
 Since
 the


Philippines
is
a
predominantly
Catholic
country
and
 I. Premarital
 sex
 does
 not
 become
 an
 acceptable

I. Legal
Definition
 the
 Catholic
 Church
 strictly
 forbids
 it,
 the
 more
 "human"
act
because
of
its
social
insensitivity
to

• Generally
 accepted
 definition:
 penetration
 of
 people
would
want
to
do
it.
 the
institution
of
marriage.

the
man’s
penis
into
the
woman’s
vagina
 • Social
stratification
results
to
 the
rich
being
overly
 • Maggie
 and
 Jamie
 develop
 a
 relationship
 that

• Philippine
Anti‐Rape
Law
of
1997:
“Inserting
[a
 exposed
 to
 the
 liberal
 ways
 of
 life
 and
 the
 poor
 closely
 resembles
 current
 “friends
 with
 benefits”

man’s]
penis
into
another
person's
mouth
or
anal
 terminology
 in
 current
 21st
 century
 society.
 Both

orifice,
 or
 any
 instrument
 or
 object,
 into
 the
 call
 on
 each
 other
 for
 meaningless
 escape
 sex

genital
or
anal
orifice
of
another
person”
 every
once
in
a
while

• Canon
 Law:
 It
 is
 referenced
 in
 the
 process
 of
 

consummation
 requiring
 a
 prolonged
 erection,
 Theological
Perspective
 II. Sexual
 intercourse
 should
 be
 founded
 on

vaginal
 penetration
 and
 ejaculation
 inside
 the
 accepting
 mutual,
 unconditional
 responsibility

vagina.

 to
each
other;
that
it
should
not
be
entered
into


 I. CFC
no.
1110
 without
 the
 willingness
 to
 assume
 its
 natural

II. Medical
Definition
 • The
 Church
 rules
 out
 all
 forms
 of
 sexual
 and
situational
consequences.

• Physical
 union
 of
 the
 male
 and
 female
 genitalia
 intercourse
 outside
 of
 marriage
 as
 it
 only
 finds
 • The
 sex
 portrayed
 in
 the
 movie
 gradually,
 comes

accompanied
 by
 rhythmic
 movements.
 Such
 an
 its
true
meaning
within
the
married
state
alone.
 close
to
meeting
this
standard
but
falls
short
in
the

event
is
essential
for
sexual
reproduction.
 
 end.
 At
 one
 point
 in
 the
 movie,
 Jamie
 becomes

• “Collective
 term
 for
 oral,
 vaginal,
 and
 anal
 II. Deus
Caritas
Est
 obsessed
 with
 searching
 for
 a
 cure
 so
 Maggie

• The
 Church
 treats
 Love
 as
 an
 “ecstacy”
 in
 the
 breaks
 things
 off
 with
 him,
 frustrated
 that
 he

intercourse
 during
 which
 the
 penis
 of
 one

sense
 that
 it
 is
 focused
 in
 bringing
 a
 person
 to
 “needs
to
think
she
can
be
cured”

partner
penetrates
the
mouth,
vagina,
or
anus
of

liberation
 and
 authentic
 self‐giving
 and
 the

the
other.”

discovery
of
God.

• Reducing
Love
or
Eros
to
pure
“sex”
results
to
a
 Synthesis

degradation
 of
 man
 wherein
 treating
 sex,
 and

man’s
body,
is
treated
like
a
commodity.
 What
 exactly
 would
 make
 it
 “right”
 to
 engage

Premarital
Sex:
Why
People
 • Authentic
 love,
 found
 in
 the
 relationships
 of
 in
sexual
intercourse?

Engage
in
it
 married
 couples,
 is
 created
 by
 man
 when
 both

• Interdisciplinary
 View:
 Can
 be
 engaged
 in
 for

dimensions
of
his
personhood—body
and
soul—
any
variety
of
reasons
(ex.
strengthening
power

are
united

relations
 in
 Society,
 expressing
 mutual
 love



I. Psychology
 between
couples)

III. Corinthians
7:8‐9

Sex
is
a
natural
instinct
which
we
all
have.
It
is
a
 • Theological
 View:
 should
 be
 limited
 within
 the

• • SS
 promotes
 complete
 abstinence
 before

need
and
that
has
to
be
addressed
 confines
 of
 Marriage.
 Relations
 outside
 such

marriage

Many
men
make
their
love
lives
an
extension
of
 bounds
 are
 both
 disrespectful
 of
 the
 institution

• 

their
ego.

 of
 Marriage
 and
 irresponsible
 as
 to
 its
 possible

IV. Hebrews
13:4

• People
use
sex
as
a
tool
to
get
what
they
want.

 consequences.


• SS
presents
a
God
who
punishes
those
who
use
 • How
it
is
presented
in
the
movie
gradually
meets

• Sex
 is
 a
 natural
 thing
 and
 it
 is
 done
 as
 an

the
body
in
sexually
immoral
means
 secular
 standards
 on
 acceptable
 human

expression
 of
 love
 in
 close
 relationships.
 People

do
 it
 when
 they
 get
 overwhelmed
 by
 their
 • Sexual
immorality
is
treated
as
a
way
of
making
 relationships,
becoming
more
about
mutual
love

emotions,
regardless
of
their
marital
state.
 the
sanctity
of
marriage
impure
 rather
 than
 satisfying
 ego
 or
 power
 play,
 but


 fails
 to
 meet
 the
 Church’s
 standards
 by
 still


 
 being
outside
marriage.