youdontknowme That is where it gets relative. There may be people who genuinely believe that acting on certain sexual preferences is inherently harmful. I mean, any preference for non-consenting partners (e.g. pedophilia, zoophilia, rape fantasies) is an obvious example of destructive and illegal, but there is also stuff that might be considered immediate harm to the person acting on their own free will: Gay males have increased chance of contracting HIV, straight females may run into unplanned pregnancies, to say nothing about the general STI risk of promiscuity
So I have to be very careful in explaining to him the risks, so he can understand and protect himself, and stay sane and healthy. What is the alternative solution? Preventing him from having sex by caging him?
And then we get into religious matters, where the child's free choice in their faith does not matter when the parent sincerely believes that certain sexual missteps may condemn them to hellfire. A rather fringe belief nowadays, with major churches having a more nuanced (though still often quite hostile) opinion about sexuality, but one that is still found in the world. If the prospect of eternal torture is not considered destructive, I do not know what is.
A parent knows that this will never work this way. If values are not accepted, will be very soon discarded along with parents, and in any case, no religion accepts removing temptations. The current pope says "Without temptations, no one can be saved".
Of course I agree with you that freedom of religion is important and that nobody is helped by fighting sexual orientations. But "destructive", "damaging", and "his interest", all those terms have plenty of room for interpretation.
Yes, but again, a parent should know and acknowledge that sibling happiness came before ours: I can think that being a lawyer will give more possibilities to my son, but if this will make him unhappy while being a kid teacher is his aspiration, I will have to do a step back. Again, putting the child first. Any parent should adhere to this to the best of his possibility. Also you can force your idea of what is best on a kid, or teen, but on a adult… if he doesn’t accept forcing him will just make him weaker (because he has to surrender to you) or alienate him (because he will not accept it). A parent loses in both cases.
Certainly something like Jenna's "I find it disgusting" is a fairly weak argument to interfere so drastically in another person's life.
I'm not going to comment here. I have my idea, I will keep it to myself
What I find much more valuable is to discuss how a chastity belt is a very heavy-handed approach to affect change in that sort of behavior. Stuff like physical restraint should be a weapon of last resort after every other attempt fails. It is a severe infringement on bodily autonomy, physical interaction with someone's genitalia, and a significant burden on everyday activities to wear such gear, and I feel like many of the stories told here do not exactly go into the detail of exploring less heavy-handed solutions
It should never be even considered an option.
I have already explained why it's deadly wrong.
In the next years, when children will grow and become adults, we will see. Even if I hope to be wrong, I'm pretty sure that a lot of belting parents will not be able to understand why, old and frail, their children will leave them alone and forgotten.
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