Is "the correct amount" measured by an objective standard, or by the subjective standard of "the amount you can handle"?
If the standard is entirely subjective, then why are you advising others regarding "the correct amount"? You've contradicted yourself.
The purpose of the human reproductive system is reproduction.
The purpose of intercourse is two-fold: reproduction and the unity of the spouses. The unity of the spouses is critical to the proper rearing of children.
This is simply the order of nature.
Conversely, promiscuity is marked by sadness, illness and destruction.
I don't think so, what I've said is that it is up to each person to decide for themselves. Heaping praise on someone for a lifestyle choice is the same as approval, and I think that's what she's desperately seeking by writing books and being interviewed for articles where she displays fright about kissing.
The purpose of the human reproductive system is reproduction.
That's one of its purposes. Our digestive systems are primarily for the purpose of feeding ourselves to prevent starvation, but I can indulge in a piece of (non-necessary) candy every once in awhile.
Science came along, and let us cook our pork, refrigerate our shellfish, and separate conception from sexuality. Rules that were promulgated a long time ago to satisfy the needs of a pre-industrial agricultural society are not needed like they used to be.
Conversely, promiscuity is marked by sadness, illness and destruction.
So, two virgins who find each other at a time when they are emotionally ready for a relationship, and who stay faithful with each other are going to suffer from one of the above maladies? I guess it's possible, but you could say the same thing about undercooked pork chops or too-old clams.
Is "the correct amount" measured by an objective standard, or by the subjective standard of "the amount you can handle"?
I have a friend who is entering a self-realization phase. I am sickened by her revelations.
"And later on, when the 20's and 30's and 40's are over, at 3:00 AM, one wakes and realizes that while they could handle the acts well, they find they can no longer handle the memories, of all the failed relationships and the inability to ever trust anyone again, of supposedly being valued, then finding they were just a semen dump all along."