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Ep.17 Ask the Expert: 'Emotional Dangers of Premarital Sex' (Part 1)

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Today I’m speaking with our expert about this week’s topic. It’s practical. It hits all the hard places, and offers tips and solutions to help us move to the next level.

Episode Summary

In this episode of Ask the Expert, Dr. Thomas Lickona takes us through the first 5 of the 10 emotional dangers of premarital sex. He also shares anecdotes and research findings which confirm that these emotional dangers can be quite detrimental. Dr. Lickona explains that sexual purity frees us from emotional anxieties.

Key Takeaways

  • Engaging  in sexual purity and moral conduct will result in improved familial,  peer and marital relationships and in improved grades/academics (9:01)
  • Sex has consequences which may hit us immediately or after an extended period (12:25)
  • The guilt of hooking up can stay with us for decades (16:31)
  • Both men and women experience emotional hurts because of premature sex (19:21)
  • Guilt may drive you to have an abortion (24:27)
  • Pornography results from the loss of self control and  is really treating people as if they're less than persons (34:35)

    • Top Quotes

    • Our  entire person, our mind, our body, our feelings are involved (in sex).  And that's why sexual intimacy has potentially powerful emotional  consequences (7:26)
    • We  can make a new beginning. We can walk down a different path. We have  the strength to do that we can call upon the grace of God (11:15)
    • We really do need to have God as a partner in living a life of sexual integrity, a life of sexual self control (11:44)
    • We  have an emotional freedom from anxieties (worry about pregnancy and  disease) if we are not engaging in behavior outside of the relationship  of marriage (15:10)
    • Your conscience can bother you a lot if you treat sex as a casual thing (21:47)
    • If  a guy is doing pornography there's a problem and you either want him to  break off, get help and the stop the behavior or find yourself somebody  else because it's a big danger signal in a relationship (34:06)

      • Resources

      • Article: 10 Emotional Dangers of Premature Sexual Involvement
      • Article: The Real Deal About Pornography
      • Article: The Intrinsic Meaning  of Sex
      • Book: Sex, Love and You: Making the Right Decision

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