Is Platonic Love Still Possible?
I can remember having a serious
talk with my friends one night. We talked everything about life and sex was
also included in the topics. Some of my friends admitted that they are not
virgins anymore, those who said they haven’t done it yet was willing to engage
in this premarital sex. I was in complete shock, I never thought they would do
those things as early as now, but it never lessened my respect for them and
nothing had changed. But it made me think,
is platonic love still possible?
Platonic love, by its modern
definition, is loving a person with all of your soul and not with your body. It
is like having intimacy but no sexual means; in simple words, pure love and
without lust.
It is most prevalent in our
generation that the youth are becoming more and more liberated and seemingly
departed from the traditional Filipino culture of conservatism when it comes to
sex. Before sex was a sacred thing and a thing to do only when you are already
married and have a purpose of procreation; but today, it is only for the satisfaction
of bodily pleasures. The bothersome thing is that teenagers who usually engage
in it do not have any intimate relationship with the partner. This does not
only bring sex into a lowly thing but it also brings different contemporary
issues such as teenage pregnancy and spread of sexually transmitted diseases.
Factors leading to these can be attributed to usage of technological
innovations which allow them to find partners easily; and exposure to pornography.[1]
When I asked my friends how did it
feel when they lose ‘it’ and how about the thoughts of their future husbands, they
said that it was nothing but a casual thing and they were confident that it was
not a big deal ‘since everyone is doing it nowadays’.
Indeed, the traditional concept of love and sex is fading. Platonic love may still be possible but only among the parent and child, or some friend. But in other intimate types of relationship, I’m afraid it is long gone.
No comments:
Post a Comment