Reproduktionstechnologien als Herausforderung für Judentum und Christentum
DOI: 10.61387/sexuologie.2024.34.28
Autoren
Christina von Braun
Abstract
In the monotheistic religions, marriage is intended to control and secure reproduction. Hence the role of marriage in controlling the female body and its sexuality. This is a widespread view. However, the sociologist Émile Durkheim stated as early as 1900 that marriage served more to “protect men”. He had noticed that in countries where divorce was permitted, suicides and mental and somatic illnesses among men increased, while those of women decreased (Durkheim, 1897). This changed attitude can be linked to the results of scientific research – recent findings in procreation research were able to prove that male sperm and female egg are equally involved in the act of procreation and that the offspring are biline-ar. The findings are reflected in new inheritance laws and the gradual recognition of gender equality. They also brought about a radical change in the institution of marriage itself. The text shows how fertility research and modern reproductive technologies helped to dispel the myth of marriage as an institution of procreation. It also describes the influence that this insight had on the spiritual discourses of Judaism and Christianity.
Keywords
Monotheistic religions, Procreation research, Gender order, Matriarchy, Patriarchy, Matrilineal/patrilineal/bilinear, Pater incertus, Blood, Bloodline
Metadaten
Veröffentlicht in: Sexuologie. Zeitschrift für Sexualmedizin, Sexualtherapie und Sexualwissenschaft. Band 31 • Jahr 2024 • Heft 3-4, Seiten 157-162