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Ofparticularinterest,wherewecanseethisresignation,istheareaof
marriageandfamily
.Thepostmodernistculture(orthepostmodernone),
forwhichtherearenoaxioms,thusrejectsallthathasbeenincontrovertible,
trueandcertainsofar.Itrejects,forinstance,theconceptofhumansexual-
ityandasaconsequenceitssense.6Itrejectstheveryconceptofmarriage.
Challengingthepurposeofsexualityiscurrentlyaccomplishedwithin
theso-calledideaof“gender.”Wecanclaimthatitexpressesitselfin
athesisinwhichnothingresultsfromnaturebutisasocial-culturalprod-
uct.Sexisthen,amatterofchoice.Onthegroundsofthusselectedsex,
onecanbuildanycombinedconfigurationsandrelationshipswhichone
strivestoattributetheroleofmarriageto.Theideaortheideologyof
“gender”arisesthenasasignofobjectiontothehitherto,traditional
culturerecognizingbiologicalsexanditsnaturalrolesandfunctions.The
traditionalmodel,intheopinionoffollowersof“gender”ideologyand
feminism,isthesourceofviolenceinthefamily
,orinotherwords,the
sourceofoppression.TheCouncilofEuropeConventiononpreventing
andcombatingviolenceagainstwomenanddomesticviolence,signedin
December2012bythePolishgovernment,containsanarticlementioning
thatitiscompulsorytofighttradition:“Partiesshalltakethenecessary
measurestopromotechangesinthesocialandculturalpatternsofbehav-
iourofwomenandmenwithaviewtoeradicatingprejudices,customs,
traditionsandallotherpracticeswhicharebasedontheideaoftheinfe-
riorityofwomenoronstereotypedrolesforwomenandmen.”7
6
JohnPaulIIinhisEvangeliumVitaeencyclicalpointedataphenomenonthat
liesatthefoundationofthecurrentchaosandconfusioncreatedbyvariousideologies
—homosexual,transsexualandtheideologyofgender:“Withinthissameculturalcli-
mate,thebodyisnolongerperceivedasaproperlypersonalreality,asignandplaceof
relationswithothers,withGodandwiththeworld.Itisreducedtopuremateriality:it
issimplyacomplexoforgans,functionsandenergiestobeusedaccordingtothesole
criteriaofpleasureandemciency.Consequently,sexualitytooisdepersonalizedand
exploited:frombeingthesign,placeandlanguageoflove,thatis,ofthegiftofselfand
acceptanceofanother,inalltheother’srichnessasaperson,itincreasinglybecomesthe
occasionandinstrumentforself-assertionandtheselfishsatisfactionofpersonaldesires
andinstincts.Thustheoriginalimportofhumansexualityisdistortedandfalsified,and
thetwomeanings,unitiveandprocreative,inherentintheverynatureoftheconjugal
act,areartificiallyseparated:inthiswaythemarriageunionisbetrayedanditsfruitful-
nessissubjectedtothecapriceofthecouple.Procreationthenbecomesthe<enemy’to
beavoidedinsexualactivity:ifitiswelcomed,thisisonlybecauseitexpressesadesire,
orindeedtheintention,tohaveachild<atallcosts’,andnotbecauseitsignifiesthecom-
pleteacceptanceoftheotherandthereforeanopennesstotherichnessoflifewhichthe
childrepresents.”JOHNPaUlII:Encyclicalletter“Evangeliumvitae”,no.23.
7
COUNcIlOfEUROPe:Conventiononpreventingandcombatingviolenceagainst
womenanddomesticviolence,Art.12,1—http://www.conventions.coe.int/Treaty/EN/
Treaties/Html/210.htm.