purpose of sex

• celibacy

  when someone abstains from marriage + sexual relationships , usually for religious reasons
• contraception

  methods use to prevent a woman becoming pregnant, condoms
• procreation

  producing children
• responsibilies

  actions or duties someone is expected to carry out , procreation
• vinaya

  monastic rules followed by the members of the sangha
• christian views

  sex should be between a man + woman

  sex forms an important bond between a man + a woman

  liberal christians accept same-sex

  protestants: not only procreation

  God created sex as something valuable

  "two shall become one flesh" , "so they are no longer two , but one flesh"

  Catholics : procreation - most important purpose

  "Be fruitful and multiply"
• buddhist views

  guided by the 3rd moral precept (abstain from sexual immorality)

  lay buddhists do not have strict rules on sex

  monks + nuns would follow the rules of the vinaya - renouncing sex to live a celibate life
• buddhist soas

  • nirvana
  • 1st moral precept - abstain from harming sentient beings
  • metta