Sexuality Norms Quotes

The rhetoric of anti-Catholicism, whether its sources are Protestant or secular, has always insisted that the church of Rome is the enemy of what you might call healthy sexuality.

Sexuality is a private matter; some believe that broadcasting it destroys the very things that make it sacred.

I think that's a place where we are, as a society, finally starting to get to now: where your sexuality doesn't have to define you - and you don't have to define it.

We live in an imbalanced society when it comes to encouraging male sexuality and discouraging female sexuality.

I think it is funny that we were freer about sexuality in the 4th century B.C. It is a little disconcerting.

"Natural" is a very dangerous word to use about sexuality ... Our society's notions of normality are completely fake and meta-trendy, since they rely on the changing standards of superstition, religion, Christianity and gender bias to define themselves. Americans, in particular, exhibit very childish reactions to sexual practices that are new to them, much like little kids who are offered a vegetable they haven't seen before: "That's disgusting!" "But darling, you haven't even tried it!" "I don't care, I hate it, I hate it!

Increasing globalization of the world [is] … affecting the ways in which sexuality is understood, experienced, and regulated.

As a girl, I was always told I was nasty or dirty if I was sexual in any way. Americans are such prudes.

One of the significant things that's happened, which shouldn't be looked at as lightly as it might sound, is that women over 45, over 50, are now allowed to be sexy.

The only queer people are those who don't love anybody.

I think that ultimately the Christian vision of sexuality - the New Testament vision - is not compatible with same-sex marriage. And I don't see a way to change that without entering into a kind of deception, basically.

When guys talk about sex, eyebrows don't get raised. It's different for girls.

One of the things I regret is that too often in our society a person's whole identity is shaped by their sexuality, or by their sexual orientation. In good Catholic eyes, a person's sexual orientation does not matter.