Question

Hello and blessings. Is there a problem with sexual freedom? And what, in your opinion, is the problem? Can one say that a person who is not committed to Jewish law and behaves with such freedom is behaving badly? Or is the problem only because Jewish law says so? I would also be glad if you would address what, in your opinion, is the outlook that underlies the halakhic requirements that regulate sexuality, and whether the claim that Jewish law intensifies sexuality is correct. I would also appreciate it if you would address, more generally, what effect sexual freedom has on society in your opinion, and whether one should distinguish between different degrees of sexual freedom, such as sexual freedom within a committed relationship but not in marriage, sexual freedom for pleasure alone and without emotional/romantic commitment, polyamory, and the like. And do you think the claim is correct that the basis of the sexual revolution, which relies on Freud and psychologists who developed his sexual thought, is valid? Does suppressing the sexual drive, or regulating it through some kind of norms, harm a person’s psyche, or on the contrary, is it דווקא through them that one can channel the sexual drive into good and positive directions and avoid descending into animalistic/violent realms that may arise? In addition, I would appreciate a few practical suggestions from you for healthy and reasonable functioning in the sexual sphere in the world around us. Thank you.