Sa isyu ng sexual rights: MAY POINT SI ROBIN PADILLA

Binabatikos ng bashers si Senator Robinhood Padilla dahil igi­nigiit niya ang sexual rights ng kalalakihan.

Nagtanong lang na­man ang senador kay Atty. Lorna Kapunan tungkol sa “sexual rights” ng isang lalaki kung “in heat” siya at ayaw ng kanyang misis.

Kasi nga naman, may batas tayong pwedeng kasuhan ng rape ni misis si mister kapag nagpilit.

Hindi naman pwedeng mambabae na lang dahil kaso pa rin yon.

Sa nasabing usapan, parang isinasatinig lamang naman ni Padilla ang saloobin ng mga kalalakihang Pinoy. Kung may sexual rights ang babae, meron din ang lalaki. Wala sa mood si misis, paano naman si mister na nasa mood? Hindi naman pwedeng laging maligo na lang ng malamig o mag-Mary Palmer.

May point naman si Robin. Asawa mo, may karapatan ka. Kung wala sa mood, napapag-usapan yan, hindi kaila­ngang pilitin. Kumbinsihin siguro.

Ani Robin, “Wala akong sinabing okay pili­tin ang asawang babae sa pagtatalik. Ang sabi ko, ‘paano kaming mga lalaki na naniniwala sa sexual rights kapag kami ay in heat?’

“Not drunk, not violent. Not under influence of drugs or liquor. Plain love and lust.

“Bakit po namin nasabing sexual rights?

“Malinaw po sa Biblia na ang babae ang nagpapasakop sa lalaki

“St. Paul says husband and wife should give one another their conjugal rights (1 Cor. 7:3).

Each has a right to enjoy sex and each has an obligation to help the other enjoy sex as well. Both spouses should receive joy and pleasure in a healthy sexual relationship. Husbands and wives should view the marriage bed in such a way that each spouse both gives and receives in the sexual union.

“In Islam, the husband should have intercourse with his wife according to what satisfies her, so long as that does not harm him physically or keep him from earning a living.

“The husband is obliged to treat his wife in a kind and reasonable manner. Part of that kind and reasonable treatment is intercourse, with tradition stipulating that couples should not forego intercourse for longer than four months, though some prominent scho­lars have prescribed a more stringent minimum frequency of sexual intercourse as a religious obligation for husbands; Ibn Hazm prescribed once a month and Al-Ghazali prescribed once every four days. Accor­ding to other scholars, there is no time limit.

“However, most scholars say that it is obligatory on women alike not to refuse their husbands if they call them, so long as the woman who is called is not menstruating or sick in such a way that intercourse will be harmful to her, or observing an obligatory fast. If she refuses with no excuse, then she is cursed.”

Gusto lang daw lina­win ni Robin kung paano mairaraos ang seksuwal na pangangailangan ng lalaki na hindi masasabing pinilit niya ang kabiyak.

Kaya nga raw lawyer ang kinuha niyang resource speaker dahit ito ang makasasagot kung ano ang sinasabi ng batas sa marital obligation.

“Ang punto ay kung Ano ang puwedeng gawin ng lalaki para maging legal ang pag­hingi ng sex sa asawa at hindi maging rape.”

“Para po maliwanag, ang family code ng 1988 ay hindi sumasangayon sa sinasabi ng Biblia.

“Ayon sa Bibliya, tungkulin ng asawang babae ang pagbigyan ang asawang lalaki.

Saad niya pa, “In Christianity, ‘The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband… Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control” (1 Cor 7:3, 5).

“In Islam Forcing a wife to have sexual intercourse is a transgression and an act that disrespects the body, mind and emotions of the wife.

“Chairman po ako Commitee on public information at trabaho kong palaganapin ang batas na umiiral sa ba­yan.”

Suportado naman si Robin ng misis na si Mariel Rodriguez Padilla. Wala raw silang sexual problems ni Robin dahil laging “it’s a tie.”

RLVN