In a message dated 8/16/03 4:46:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> As for the sex outside of marriage thing... >> It will never be corrected within the faith or any other group >untill men >> start getting serious about chastity for themselves. Personnally, >although >> I see the merit of male chasity - I'm not holding my breath. > > >It also will never be corrected within the Faith or any other group >until *women* start getting serious about chastity for themselves. > >This issue will not be solved until women behave modestly in all their >public activities, and are willing to take responsibility for their >role in fostering a climate in which sexual activity outside of >marriage is deemed acceptable. > >Any behavior or action by a woman which she knows is likely to elicit >a sexual response by a man who is not her husband is, in my opinion, >sexual activity outside marriage and therefore prohibited under Baha'i >law. Too many women seem to believe that it is not sexual until a man >makes his move; and once he does it is his fault. > >Further, any time a woman knowingly puts herself in a situation in >which she is sexually aroused by someone other than her husband, she >is engaging in sexual activity outside marriage.
I hope you're joking; by that definition we'd have to dress in chadors just to go grocery shopping! Oh wait... in some societies we do... --Sekhmet ---------- You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.jccc.net/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=bahai-st news://list.jccc.net/bahai-st http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist (public) http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] (public)
