celibacy
The celibacy is a condition through voluntary or forced renunciation of a marriage , or the way of life to be unmarried and not bound by a marriage. Singleness is subsumed in terms such as bachelor , nun , monk and maiden . It applies to many widows / widowers and single parents. It is fundamentally not to be equated with sexual abstinence / abstinence .
One of the exceptions is found in Christian celibacy or celibacy . Out of the rigor of early Christian morality, celibacy and celibacy are equated here and celibacy has been viewed as a higher class since apostolic times. With this double evaluation, the conditions of celibacy for priests and chastity for nuns and monks are justified. Fritz Leist , among others, documented the following burdens .
The sociologist Karl Lenz wrote in 2004:
“A profound cultural change has occurred in sexuality. The cultural ideal that sexuality is only permitted in marriage has almost completely disappeared [...]. Sexuality is no longer limited to marriage, but has moved far forward in two-way relationships. [...] The sexual model of marriage incorporated into the bourgeoisie was primarily effective as a social control over female sexuality. "
Individual evidence
- ^ Die Zeit - The lexicon with the best of the time, Volume 4, p. 46, Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-411-17564-8
- ↑ celibate and unmarried
- ^ The Bertelsmann Lexikon, 1953, Volume 1, marriage in column 997
- ↑ The sexual emergency and the churches , Herder, Freiburg 1972, ISBN 3-451-01923-X ; 2nd edition Mohn, Gütersloh 1972, ISBN 3-579-04545-8
- ↑ On the subject of celibacy - confessions of those affected , Kindler Verlag 1973, new edition 1982, ISBN 978-3-463-00553-9
- ^ Karl Lenz, Werner Schefold, Wolfgang Schröer: Unbounded Coping with Life: Youth, Gender and Youth Welfare. Juventa, Weinheim 2004, p. 83 ( books.google.ch ).