Editing Five precepts (section)

=== In practice ===
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The third precept is interpreted as avoiding harm to another by using sexuality in the wrong way. This means not engaging with inappropriate partners, but also respecting one's personal commitment to a relationship.{{sfn |Meadow |2006 |p=88 }} In some traditions, the precept also condemns adultery with a person whose spouse agrees with the act, since the nature of the act itself is condemned.<!--only Harvey--> Furthermore, flirting with a married person may also be regarded as a violation.<!--both-->{{sfn |Terwiel |2012 |p=183}}{{sfn |Harvey |2000 |pp=71–72}} Though prostitution is discouraged in the third precept, it is usually not actively prohibited by Buddhist teachers.{{sfn |Derks |1998}} With regard to applications of the principles of the third precept, the precept, or any Buddhist principle for that matter, is usually not connected with a stance against contraception.<ref name="Bioethics">{{cite encyclopedia |last=Redmond | first=Geoffrey P. |article=Eugenics and Religious Law: IV. Hinduism and Buddhism |date=2004 |orig-year=1995 |publisher=[[The Gale Group]] |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Bioethics |article-url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/eugenics-and-religious-law-iv-hinduism-and-buddhism |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824071911/https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/eugenics-and-religious-law-iv-hinduism-and-buddhism |archive-date=24 August 2018 |url-status=live |via=Encyclopedia.com}}</ref>{{sfn |Perrett |2000 |page=112}} In traditional Buddhist societies such as Sri Lanka, pre-marital sex is considered to violate the precept, though this is not always adhered to by people who already intend to marry.{{sfn |Harvey |2000 |p=72}}{{sfn |Gombrich |1995 |p=298 }}

In the interpretation of modern teachers, the precept includes any person in a sexual or a dependent relationship, for example as someone's child, with another person, as they define the precept by terms such as ''sexual responsibility'' and ''long-term commitment''.{{sfn |Harvey |2000 |pp=71–72}} Some modern teachers include masturbation as a violation of the precept,{{sfn |Harvey |2000 |p=74}} others include certain professions, such as those that involve sexual exploitation, prostitution or pornography, and professions that promote unhealthy sexual behavior, such as in the entertainment industry.{{sfn |Johansen |Gopalakrishna |2016 |page=342 }}