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Single Idea 18302

[filed under theme 25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 5. Sexual Morality ]

Full Idea

Who has fully conceived how strange man and woman are to one another!

Gist of Idea

Man and woman are deeply strange to one another!

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Thus Spake Zarathustra [1884], 3.10.2)

Book Ref

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Thus Spake Zarathustra', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1969], p.207


The 14 ideas with the same theme [social issues concerning sexual relationships]:

A lover using force is a villain, but a seducer is much worse, because he corrupts character [Socrates, by Xenophon]
While sex is very pleasant, it should be in secret, as it looks contemptible [Plato]
Animals have not been led into homosexuality, because they value pleasure very little [Plutarch]
Lust involves pleasure, and also the sense of power in pleasing others [Hobbes]
Would humanity still exist if sex wasn't both desired and pleasurable? [Schopenhauer]
Man and woman are deeply strange to one another! [Nietzsche]
We all need sexual secrets! [Cioran]
Why do sexual relationships need permanence, if other relationships don't? [Punzo]
Does engaging in sexual intercourse really need no more thought than playing tennis? [Punzo]
Rape of children is dreadful, but no one thinks children should have a right of consent [Foa]
A rape disregards the status of being a person - but so does all assault [Foa]
If men should lust and women shouldn't, that makes rape the prevalent sexual model [Foa]
Sexual morality doesn't require monogamy, but it needs a group of sensible regulations [Kekes]
Prostitution is wrong because it hardens the soul, since soul and body are one [Scruton]