Assertion: abstinence | /r/HasProperty | voluntary
Facets:
value: by definition
type: OTHER
value: as a consequence of any imposition
type: OTHER
value: typically
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Abstinence may be voluntary (when an individual chooses not to engage in sexual activity due to moral, religious, philosophical, or other reasons), an involuntary result of social circumstances (when one cannot find any willing sexual partners), or legally mandated (e.g. in countries where sexual activity outside marriage is illegal, in prisons etc.).
text: Abstinence is a voluntary restraint from following a desire or appetite for certain bodily activities that are widely experienced as giving pleasure.
text: It is typically a voluntary act, but it can also be imposed, and it typically occurs when an individual experiences a sense of decreased personal control over a behavior (e.g., consumption of alcohol).
text: Abstinence is a voluntary decision that will take an individual to renounce completely to the satisfaction of a desire or appetite for certain bodily activities such as sex, food, alcohol and other drugs, which will have built-in and experienced as widely enjoyable, as a consequence of any imposition, ban religious or for any practical reason.
text: Abstinence is a voluntary forbearance from indulging a desire or appetite for certain bodily activities that are widely experienced as giving pleasure.
text: Abstinence is a voluntary resignation of satisfying a desire, which is usually specified with certain bodily activities that produce pleasure.
text: Furthermore, abstinence can be voluntary when a person willingly chooses not to engage in sexual activity.
text: Chimel31, the second paragraph of the lead already currently states, "Abstinence may be voluntary (when an individual chooses not to engage in sexual activity due to moral, religious, philosophical, etc. reasons), an involuntary result of social circumstances (when one cannot find any willing sexual partners), or legally mandated (e.g. in countries where sexual activity outside marriage is illegal, in prisons etc.).
text: Reborn, we cannot use the oxymoron "involuntary abstinence" such as the mention of "social circumstances" because abstinence is voluntary by definition, so either the "Abstinence" article points to a separate article for other forms of involuntary practices, or to a separate section in the article, making it clear that involuntary causes are not abstinence.
text: Abstinence is a voluntary restraint from indulging a desire or appetite for certain bodily activities that are widely experienced as giving pleasure.
text: Abstinence is a voluntary restraint from indulging a desire or appetite for certain bodily activities that are widely experienced as giving pleasure.