Is Celibacy Good?

[Esalia]

Maybe we should have a celibacy thread.

Your wish is my command.

The polyandry thread got onto a tangent around celibacy. That isn't the topic of that thread, but luckily it is the topic of this one!

To steal the first line of Wikipedia, "celibacy is the state of voluntarily being unmarried, sexually abstinent, or both, usually for religious reasons". Some people might see it as a moral good, that one should strive to be celibate for whatever reason. Others might not care about striving to be celibate, and that it really should be up to us if we want to be celibate or not. And there might be a few of you who think we should be the exact opposite of celibate and be as sexually active as we can manage.

So, NSG, is celibacy a moral good that we all should strive for, or is it something that we shouldn't really care about achieving (or something else)? Why/why not?

As for my opinion, I don't think we should really care about being celibate all that much. If you want to be celibate, go right ahead, I'm not going to stop you. I don't think we as a society should expect people to be celibate though, especially since I don't see anything inherently wrong with being sexually active.

[The Blaatschapen]

It's not a-moral.

Morality has nothing to do with it.

[Sundiata]

Yes, celibacy is the best way to be if one can discipline themselves. It's nice to have deep friendships and relationships unencumbered by sex.

[Nakena]

It's neither good or bad.

[Middle Barael]

I feel that this is a non-issue, it is somebody’s choice but it’s not moral or immoral

[Adamede]

It just is. There’s nothing inherently good or bad about celibacy or promiscuity.

[Adamede]

Yes, celibacy is the best way to be if one can discipline themselves. It's nice to have deep friendships and relationships unencumbered by sex.

Sex isn’t cumbersome for everyone dude.

[Sundiata]

It's neither good or bad.

It's really quite good if one can overcome its challenges.

[Disgraces]

I don't see how it can be good or bad

[Kannap]

It's good in the sense that there's nothing wrong with it

Similarly, banging every adult your heart desires is good in the sense that there's nothing wrong with it (as long as your participants are willing).

[Adamede]

It's neither good or bad.

It's really quite good if one can overcome its challenges.

So is promiscuity.

[Esalia]

Yes, celibacy is the best way to be if one can discipline themselves. It's nice to have deep friendships and relationships unencumbered by sex.

Well it was incredibly easy to have deep friendships and relationships "unencumbered" by sex for me, no discipline needed.

Having no sexual attraction will do that for you.

[Neanderthaland]

If you don't like sex, then yeah. Probably.

If you do like sex, then usually not.

[Adamede]

Yes, celibacy is the best way to be if one can discipline themselves. It's nice to have deep friendships and relationships unencumbered by sex.

Well it was incredibly easy to have deep friendships and relationships "unencumbered" by sex for me, no discipline needed.

Having no sexual attraction will do that for you.

No sexual attraction in that you’re ace or that no one is attracted to you, or both?

[Kannap]

It's neither good or bad.

It's really quite good if one can overcome its challenges.

What challenges?

It's a very easy thing to do, you don't even have to think about it. You literally just don't have to go out, meet people, flirt with them/hit on them, hook up with them or date them for a while before hooking up with them.

If anything, just to have sex is far more challenging simply because there are more steps to walk through and more effort you have to put into reaching the endgoal.

[Sundiata]

Yes, celibacy is the best way to be if one can discipline themselves. It's nice to have deep friendships and relationships unencumbered by sex.

Sex isn’t cumbersome for everyone dude.

What do you mean? It's great to have friendships where you're not being hit on or someone stops talking to you because they're expecting "more" from you. Celibacy maintains that stability on your end as an individual, allowing for beautiful relationships.

[Kannap]

Yes, celibacy is the best way to be if one can discipline themselves. It's nice to have deep friendships and relationships unencumbered by sex.

Well it was incredibly easy to have deep friendships and relationships "unencumbered" by sex for me, no discipline needed.

Having no sexual attraction will do that for you.

Really just cheating the system entirely though.

Like playing a game of Monopoly but already having a get out of jail free card in your pocket.

[New haven america]

Fun Fact: It is impossible for Celibacy to be involuntary as it as it is always the result of personal choice and decision making. It can only be voluntary, it's literally in the definition of the word.

[Esalia]

Well it was incredibly easy to have deep friendships and relationships "unencumbered" by sex for me, no discipline needed.

Having no sexual attraction will do that for you.

No sexual attraction in that you’re ace or that no one is attracted to you, or both?

I'm ace.

[Adamede]

Sex isn’t cumbersome for everyone dude.

What do you mean? It's great to have friendships where you're not being hit on or someone stops talking to you because they're expecting "more" from you. Celibacy maintains that stability on your end as an individual, allowing for beautiful relationships.

That’s not same thing as celibacy dude. You can have an active sexual life and not want to bang all your friends too.

Goddam I’m a virgin and even I understand that.

[The Blaatschapen]

It's really quite good if one can overcome its challenges.

What challenges?

It's a very easy thing to do, you don't even have to think about it. You literally just don't have to go out, meet people, flirt with them/hit on them, hook up with them or date them for a while before hooking up with them.

For everything else, there's mastercard.

If anything, just to have sex is far more challenging simply because there are more steps to walk through and more effort you have to put into reaching the endgoal.

I stand by my statement.

[New haven america]

Sex isn’t cumbersome for everyone dude.

What do you mean? It's great to have friendships where you're not being hit on or someone stops talking to you because they're expecting "more" from you. Celibacy maintains that stability on your end as an individual, allowing for beautiful relationships.

What type of friends do you have Sun?

[The Novakian Empire]

Who cares?
It's just an arbitrary choice that anyone can decide to make or not make. There's little morality involved.

[Adamede]

What challenges?

It's a very easy thing to do, you don't even have to think about it. You literally just don't have to go out, meet people, flirt with them/hit on them, hook up with them or date them for a while before hooking up with them.

For everything else, there's mastercard.

If anything, just to have sex is far more challenging simply because there are more steps to walk through and more effort you have to put into reaching the endgoal.

I stand by my statement.

Whatever happened to good ole back alley cash payments?

[Neanderthaland]

Sex isn’t cumbersome for everyone dude.

What do you mean? It's great to have friendships where you're not being hit on or someone stops talking to you because they're expecting "more" from you. Celibacy maintains that stability on your end as an individual, allowing for beautiful relationships.

But... that's all stuff that can still happen when you're celibate.

In fact, it's probably more likely to.