Miriam, no way in this article had religion been mentioned. Please note that the definition of marriage could be widely accepted as: “Marriage (also called matrimony or wedlock) is a social union or legal contract between people called spouses that establishes rights and obligations between the spouses, between the spouses and their children, and between the spouses and their in-laws.[1] The definition of marriage varies according to different cultures, but it is principally an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged. When defined broadly, marriage is considered a cultural universal.” This has nothing to do with any religion.

Secondly, there is nothing in this article that stated the ‘only way’ to have a deep meaningful relationship with another human being is to be married. She simply stated that the ‘greatest expression of sexuality is in the context of marriage when all elements of attachment can be fulfilled’. She didn’t say it was the ONLY way.

I understand that it is very hard to feel that you have been wronged and that your feelings of ‘not good enough’ has been triggered by this article and this article simply lets you look at how you’ve been raising your children and to let you know that if you keep going the same path…your children could very well grow up using sex as a way to attach to another human being. Then we wonder why teenage pregnancies and STDs are on the rise. All I’m saying is now you ladies know that there is another way of doing things better then do better so you can change your legacies once and for all.

Fact is, there has never been such a published study indicating positive outcomes of spanking children under any criteria, whether it be as a form of punishment, a teaching model, a method of long-term behavior modification, or a treatment of children that does not produce a negative impact on the parent-child relationship.

The article is otherwise very well done and informative.