Q&A: They accepted it based on lack of knowledge… maybe it is automatically void?
They accepted it based on lack of knowledge… maybe it is automatically void?
Question
I understood that studies have found that the days of female sexual desire are mainly from the day of menstruation until the end of the seven clean days.
After that it is weaker.
So it turns out that a couple that also keeps the seven clean days
fulfills his conjugal obligation, but certainly not her conjugal obligation.
It is reasonable to assume that when the daughters of Israel accepted this upon themselves, they did not know that.
Does the stringency therefore become void today, when this is known scientifically?
(Or perhaps human nature has changed, and they did not accept it upon themselves with respect to a nature like ours?)
Answer
I am not familiar with these studies. If it is very significant, perhaps there is room for such a consideration. But to say that he does not fulfill her conjugal obligation is quite an exaggeration.