Sex & God: How Religion Distorts Sexuality (40 page)
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Authors: Darrel Ray
Tags: #Psychology, #Human Sexuality, #Religion, #Atheism, #Christianity, #General, #Sexuality & Gender Studies
G
Gadoua, Susan, Pease 248
Gangestad,
215–216
gender differences,
75–76
genetic programming,
116
genitals, ritual marking,
163–166
girls,
199
gods, Greek religion,
142
Goodall, Jane,
104
Gorham, Candace,
81–83
gorillas
jealousy,
252
penises,
103
sex organs,
103
sexual behavior,
103
Gospel of Mary,
52
Gospel of Phillip,
52
Gospel of Pistis Sophia,
52
Graham, Billy,
51
Greek culture
boys,
143
class,
141
prostitution,
141
shame,
63
women,
141–142
Greek religion,
142
group membership,
163–165
guilt
abstinence,
193
Black Christianity,
174
Catholicism,
78
childhood programming,
226
Christianity,
64
community,
78
cycle,
70–73
defined,
62
identity,
220
leaving religion,
180–181
,
185–186
marriage,
202
non-religious,
72
pregnancy,
230
propagation of religion,
191
religion,
234
versus shame,
62–63
teaching,
37–38
thoughts,
81
H
Haggard, Ted,
47
Hadza culture
contrasted with agriculturalist culture,
133
religion,
133
sexuality,
134
women,
134–135
Harris, Judith Rich,
209
Heinlein, Robert,
261
Herod the Great,
57
Hinduism
marriage,
191
polygyny,
59
restriction of behavior,
39–40
sexual exploitation,
148
Hitchens, Christopher,
77
Hoffman, John,
76
holy books, biology,
96–97
Hugo Valdemar,
248
human sexual behavior
adaptability,
145
adolescents,
182
communication,
183
compared to animals,
39–40
gender differences,
214–215
partners,
111–112
penises,
107–111
religion,
185–187
religiosity,
238
religious versus secular,
23
,
267
self-defeating,
258
semen,
107–111
sex organs,
107–108
young adults,
182–183
hunter-gatherer culture
afterlife,
161
conflict with agriculturists,
140
contrasted with agriculturalist culture,
132
Hadza culture,
133
women,
132
Huron (Wyandotte) tribe,
160
husbands, multiple,
59
I
ideas,
268–271
illness, menstruation,
44
inappropriate behavior,
222–223
incest,
115
Indians of Central America,
160
indoctrination,
87–88
influence, parental,
209–210
information control,
26
insects,
96
internal conflict,
80
intimidation,
204
Irish Magdalene nuns,
78
Islam
circumcision,
163–166
clothing,
154
community,
64–66
contrasted with Christianity,
64–65
disease,
159–160
dress,
154
origin,
64–65
polygyny,
59
replacing Zoroastrianism,
159
sexuality,
154
shame,
64–66
universal religion,
158
women,
153–154
isolation, social,
129
J
Jane Goodall,
104
jealousy
adolescents,
255–256
animals,
252
genetics,
253
New Relationship Energy (NRE),
256
property ownership,
252–253
,
255
relationships,
256
sex,
259
sexual maps,
257
unlearning,
261
women,
253
Jeffs, Warren,
244
Jesus
siblings,
54
virgin birth,
50
J. Michael Bailey,
216
John Ashcroft,
163
John Harvey Kellogg,
165
John Hoffman,
76
Joseph,
54–55
Josh McDowell,
277
Joyce Meyer,
47
Judaism
circumcision,
163–164
children,
51
monogamy,
46–47
monotheism,
149
polygamy,
57–58
restriction of behavior,
40
ritual purity,
151
sexuality,
149–150
women,
51
Judith Rich Harris,
209
K
Kato, David,
175
Kellogg, John Harvey,
165
Kim Michele Richardson,
92
Kuralt, Charles,
243
L
leaving religion,
180
,
183–186
,
223
,
246
limited commodity, sex,
258–260
Linnaeus, Carolus,
100
long-term security (LTS),
190
,
191
,
242
LTS (long-term security),
190
,
191
,
242
love,
245
Luther, Martin,
58
M
Magdalene nuns,
78
Malinowski, Bronislaw,
252
Mangaian culture,
135–136
Maori of New Zealand,
160
maps, sexual
Black culture,
173
clergy,
175
cultural influence,
214
forming,
34–37
jealousy,
257
origin,
114
priests,
170
religion,
246
Marco Polo,
137
Margaret Meade,
252
Marital sex,
37–38
Mark Driscoll,
56
marriage
arranged,
190–191
Catholicism,
248
celibacy,
192
Christianity,
191
clergy,
224
culture,
192
expectations,
247–249
guilt,
202
Hinduism,
191
Jehovah's Witnesses,
191
Mormonism,
191
Muslim,
191
property ownership,
140
sexual behavior,
234
socio-sexual orientation (SSO),
224–225
women,
194
Marshall, Donald,
135
Martin Luther,
58
Mary
asexuality,
54–55
Gospel of,
52
marital status,
54
worship,
55
Mary Leaky,
133
masturbation
homosexuality,
204
Mormonism,
176–177
parental attitudes,
181
primates,
215
mate selection,
114–116
,
119–120
matrilineal Trobriand Island culture,
252
McDowell, Josh,
277
Meade, Margaret,
252
meaning of shame, Greek,
63–64
mega-churches,
88
men,
110
,
153–154
,
203–204
,
214–215
metaphor for religion,
27
metaphors, brain functioning,
123
Meyer, Joyce,
47
Miller, Alan,
76
ministers
depression,
222–223
inappropriate behavior,
86
,
222–223
marriage,
224
power,
224
respect,
89–90
missionaries, introducing disease,
159–160
monogamy
agriculturalist culture,
194
choice,
243–245
Judaism,
46–47
Muslim,
47
myth,
46–47
Roman culture,
57
monotheistic religions,
148
Mormonism
child abuse,
244
contrasted with Christianity,
54
marriage,
191
masturbation,
176–177
polygamy,
244
polygyny,
59
revelations of leaders,
34
women,
53
Mosuo culture,
136
motivation,
123
multiple husbands,
59
multiple wives,
59
museum, Chinese,
143–144
Muslim
circumcision,
163
contrasted with Christianity,
54
cultural influence,
127–128
marriage,
191
men,
153–154
monogamy,
47
polygamy,
127
sexual exploitation,
148
myths
forming,
227
jealousy,
257–258
masturbation,
44
monogamy,
46–47
reinforcing,
29–31
relationships,
268–269
thoughts,
81
N
Na culture
jealousy,
252
religion,
137
sexuality,
136–137
women,
137
naturalistic philosophy,
169
Navaho culture,
145
negative environment,
158
,
159
,
166
,
199
new ideas,
268–271
New Relationship Energy (NRE),
190–191
,
194–195
,
234
,
236
,
242
,
256
New Testament,
51–53
Nicene Creed,
55
Noah,
96
non-religious guilt,
72
non-shared environment,
208–209
,
210–213
normalcy,
272–273
NRE (New Relationship Energy),
190–191
,
194–195
,
234
,
236
,
242
,
256
nudity,
162–163
nuns,
55
O
Onanism,
44
options,
270–272
Oral Roberts,
51
orientation, sexual,
118
origin of religions,
64–65
original sin,
44
orphanages,
92
overstimulation,
226–228
P
Packer, Boyd K.,
176
parental communication,
181
,
198–199
parental influence,
209–210
