Ethical Issues in Marriage: Sex Avoidance

Abstract

In this paper we are going to address one of the major issues that has been deemed of special interest for married people to reckon with in this day and age. And this is sex avoidance on the part of one of the spouses. It goes without saying that such an issue might not be perceived as posing difficulties for elderly couples. But when it is present among young and middle-aged marital partners it may have multiple ramifications and consequences, the ethical challenges of which need to be addressed. And this exactly the purpose of this paper, in which we first describe the various reasons and challenges of sex avoidance and then tentative solutions will be suggested.

Keywords

• ethics
• issues in marriage
• intimacy
• sex avoidance