Mormon (LDS) men aren't strictly commanded to shave, but there's strong cultural pressure and de facto rules for leadership, missionaries, and temple workers to be clean-shaven for a "comely" appearance, reflecting a conservative image, though recent guidance acknowledges trimmed beards may be acceptable in some contexts, while some April Fools' day humor in 2024 suggested otherwise. While not in the main handbook, leaders and temple workers often enforce a clean-shaven look, viewing it as part of representing the Church, though opinions vary, and policies can change with local leadership.
The Church acknowledges that some aspects of appearance and grooming, such as facial hair, fall within the realm of personal choice. While the Church encourages members to make choices that align with its teachings and values, it also recognizes the importance of individual agency in non-doctrinal matters.
In the early 1980s, the church explicitly banned oral sex even for married couples as it was considered an "unnatural, impure, or unholy practice", which reflected verbiage for sexual misconduct in the church's General Handbook.
Many Orthodox Jews, especially Hasidic Orthodox Jews, refrain from cutting their beards altogether and never cut their facial hair, with the exception of occasionally trimming their mustaches with scissors when they interfere with eating.
Birth control is not banned by the LDS Church. However, since having children is essential for the spirit children of God to come to earth, Mormon couples are encouraged to have children. The Church believes that the decision on contraception is one that should be shared by husband, wife, and God.
Alcohol, tobacco, coffee, and tea
The LDS Church's health code, called the Word of Wisdom, prohibits the consumption of alcohol, tobacco, and "hot drinks"; church leaders have defined "hot drinks" as "coffee and tea". Caffeinated beverages other than coffee and tea are not prohibited by the LDS Church.
In sealing rooms within the temple, marriages between a man and a woman are performed. There, a man and a woman kneel and join hands across a sacred altar to be married for this life and for eternity.
In Islam, both women and men are prescribed to remove pubic hair. It's one of their religious hair removal practices.
However, there are other opinions within the Shāfi'ī mazhab8 which state that the act of shaving the beard is not encouraged, but is also not sinful: حلق لحية الرجل ونتفها مكروه لا حرام. Which means: "Shaving and removing the beard for men is not encouraged, but not forbidden."
While there is no official definition for soft swinging, the term often refers to practicing swinging without going “all the way to a full sexual relationship, including penetration,” Amodio says. This is how Taylor Frankie Paul described the type of soft swinging she and her friend group once practiced.
Today, the term Mormon is often used to refer to members of the largest denomination, the LDS Church, which rejects "Mormon" as a reference term as of 2018. The second-largest sect, the Community of Christ, also rejects the term "Mormon" due to its association with the practice of polygamy among Brighamite sects.
The most controversial Mormon belief, especially historically and for outsiders, is polygamy (plural marriage), which the mainstream Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) officially ended in 1890 but still practiced secretly for years, leading to schisms and fundamentalist groups continuing the practice**. Other contentious areas involve distinct doctrines like the nature of God (Godhead) and the concept of Heavenly Parents, the Adam-God doctrine (now defunct in mainstream Mormonism), and past restrictions on Black men holding the priesthood, though the LDS Church has evolved on many of these issues.
"Durfing" is a slang term used within some Mormon (LDS) circles for a sexual practice, similar to "soaking," where couples engage in penetration without thrusting as a perceived loophole to the church's strict chastity laws, often involving one person sitting on another, sometimes even with a third person involved ("jump humping"), though the church officially condemns any non-marital sex.
Japan: Women in Japan have preferred to shave only their legs and underarms, leaving the bikini and pubic area untouched. It is also quite common to remove facial hair and peach fuzz for a smooth, glass-like appearance.
The 3-month beard rule is a guideline to let your beard grow untouched for 90 days to assess its natural growth, thickness, and potential, overcoming the itchy, patchy "awkward phase" (weeks 2-6) where many men quit too early. This commitment allows slower hairs time to catch up, revealing true density, filling in thin spots, and giving you enough length to decide on styling, making it ideal for seeing what your beard can truly become before making shaping decisions.
Many religions, including Sikhism, Islam, and sects of Judaism, require that men and women do not cut their hair or that men do not shave their beards. Can employers force employees to cut their hair or shave their beards against their religion? It depends on the specific situation.
An Arabic term meaning forbidden or unlawful. In the case of Islamic finance, Muslims cannot invest in, acquire, or otherwise engage in transactions that involve forbidden products and activities such as pork-related products, alcohol, gambling, and pornography. The opposite of haram is halal.
Shaving one's beard and cutting one's hair for normal good grooming is something entirely different and not at all condemned in the Scriptures. In fact, the apostle Paul takes great pains to address proper grooming of one's hair in I Corinthians 11:2-15.
If there is no impurity (najas) on her private part, kissing and foreplay stuff will not be something haram. However, if there is discharge, and chances for the husband to take the discharge in his mouth, then this would be haram.
Pubic hair removal has been common since the ancient times. In the Middle East, removal of the female pubic hair has been considered as a tradition of hygiene for many centuries, and it is recommended by Islam.
Answer. Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds; and may His blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon all his Family and Companions. A spouse can shave pubes of the other since looking and touching the private parts of spouse is permissible whether it is for enjoyment or any other purpose.
According to Mormon TikTok, 'soaking' is basically penetrative sex without the movement and hip thrusting.
Only while inside the temple do you need a white bra. You can wear whatever kind of bra in regular life that goes with your clothing. Personally, I think that colored bras are weird especially with garments but some prefer them with their darker clothes. That is another area of personal preference.
In 1998, the LDS Church changed its policy and now allows women to be sealed to more than one man after her death, though not simultaneously while living. A woman may be sealed to only one husband at a time while alive, and may only be sealed to subsequent partners after she has died.