I suppose my idea of sexual ethics comes from how I choose to live my life. I would imagine that having open, liberal parents who were willing to discuss sex with me has helped me shape my own definition of sexual ethics. Plus, my own experiences throughout my life have shaped and altered what I believe to be right/wrong. I think everyone has the right to do as he or she pleases so long as he or she does not hinder the rights of others. It is making choices about behaviours and actions based on societal views of propriety and correctness and accepting any consequences for these actions. Being sexually ethical involves responsibility (for you actions and their consequences), something which I believe many to lack. Sexual ethics also encompasses when and if it is appropriate to engage in different sexual activities.
I don't think that I would change my sexual ethics based on my changing of partners. I think that what I believe to be ethical as a basic foundation is set in adulthood (although I don't know when this actually happens within adulthood). I may change or alter what activities I participate in based on my new partner's ideas and preferences but overall I believe that I am a strong enough person to stick to her convictions of what is right and what is wrong. I credit my parents for this, as they taught me that it is ok to stand up for myself and what I believe in and that I always have the right to feel how I feel. What I physically do about these feelings is where responsibility fits in.
At the end of class, I hadn't thought previously that there would be so many subsections regarding sexual ethics- how socio-economics, politics and the like might influence sexual ethics (other than politics of course, as it is politics that makes laws and societal expectations). There is a lot to take in and think about regarding this topic.
I have challenged my view of sexual ethics when hot topics of debate come up (mostly in my classes). For example, in Dark Side of Sex last year, we discussed if Mary Kay Letourneau committed child abuse or not. I had to decide for myself what I thought of sexual abuse, child abuse and romantic love. Most people jumped to the affirmative- yes it was child abuse- but I had to question what I believed.
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