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  • Title: The rhythm is off beat: a personal view of Catholic teachings on contraception.
    Author: Danguilan MJ.
    Journal: Women Action; 1994; (4):13-6. PubMed ID: 12348981.
    Abstract:
    The perception that the Roman Catholic Church is obsessed with sex and sin obscures its support for causes that further social justice. However, despite agreement with most church policies, Roman Catholics of good conscience disagree with Vatican rulings banning the use of contraception. The attitude that supports this ban originated almost 2000 years ago when male theologians linked sex and sexual pleasure to original sin and decided that women were "the devil's gateway." By the Middle Ages, male theologians decided that women's only value was in procreation. This idea has been forwarded by modern Popes who outlaw contraception but allow couples to use "natural" methods of family planning. The church's current position on contraception is founded on assumptions made in the past that were based on incorrect ideas about reproduction, on cultural norms that devalued women, and on misogynist attitudes. Thus, this stand on contraception is not divinely ordained and is, instead, untenable with its fixation on sex as sin and on women as the source of sin. It is hoped that one day the church will recognize that sexuality is derived from God and that couples can use many different methods of separating procreation from sex without sinning.
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