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Dear T. —
The teaching office of the Catholic Church has not addressed the issue of diapers, but from a moral theology perspective, it would likely be discouraged. You do say that it is unrelated to sexual acts, which on its face is good, but sometimes these things have a way of clandestinely worming their way into our hearts. We *think* it isn't sexual in nature, so we consent to the temptation of the demons to do something frankly unnatural (I assume they would be used and not merely substitutes for underwear), and that gives consent to the demons to work in our lives and be bolder and take more ground. Next thing you know its becoming sexually arousing and satisfying new and disturbing desires you have acquired. I'd be extremely careful. Unless you have a real, compelling practical reason (like an astronaut or some other job that prevents normal bathroom breaks), I would avoid it as something contrary to human dignity.
You also have to consider the impact on the environment, if using disposable diapers. They generate much extra waste, for no other reason than one’s "comfort", that has to be dealt with and cannot be recovered.
As for drag queens, I think the recent declaration Dignitas Infinita addresses this (#59):
| "Therefore, all attempts to obscure reference to the ineliminable sexual difference between man and woman are to be rejected: “We cannot separate the masculine and the feminine from God’s work of creation, which is prior to all our decisions and experiences, and where biological elements exist which are impossible to ignore.”[105] Only by acknowledging and accepting this difference in reciprocity can each person fully discover themselves, their dignity, and their identity." Moreover, any attempt to pervert the sexual order, and especially to teach children to do so, would be control to the moral order. |
Eric
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