ABSTRACT
At home sexuality is taboo (haram, holy, forbidden, protected). Bourdieu' and Demeerseman2 say that discussing intimate matters would embarrass both parties, because they are seen as their respective personal 'insides.' Not hearing his parents discussing this subject, the boy has to get his sex education from the 'peer group.' So sexuality is seen as something not belonging to the family, something 'outside,' consequently suspect, shameful. The outside ('the street') is considered a source of bad influence, which could
Here it has to be noted that particular acts are not so much judged according to an inner, 'absolute' standard as according to the situation in which the act takes place. 3 Sexuality itself is neither good nor bad: it depends on the situation. 4 There are, for example, situations that "make coition praiseworthy. "S On the other hand, any coition outside marriage and concubinage is forbidden.
