Sex is an important yet unmentionable aspect of life, there are certain aspects about it that need to be discussed that people just are not comfortable discussing due to of the taboos that surround sex. One of the most important issues regarding sex is what makes it ethically permissible, is consent enough or is there something more needed? Some philosophers argue that consent is substantial for considering if sex is moral; others disagree and claim that there is more that is needed for ethical sex. I believe that consent is substantial, but the participants need to be getting an equal amount of what they agreed upon and have a balanced relationship for a virtuous sexual act. Thomas Mappes wrote an effective paper on consent. In this paper, …show more content…
Even if they give consent this could happen and it is not morally right. West says that women can consent to sex but be harmed by it in four general ways: “First, they may sustain injuries to their capacities for self-assertion… Second, women who consent to undesired sex many injure their sense of self-possession… Third, when women consent to undesired and unpleasuarable sex because of their felt or actual dependency upon a partner’s affection or economic status, they injure their sense of autonomy… fourth, to the extent that these unpleasurable and undesired sexual acts are followed by contrary to fact claims that they enjoyed the whole thing—what might be called “hedonic lies”—women who engage in them do considerable damage to their sense of integrity.” (West …show more content…
I like how clean cut Mappes’s definition is and I do agree that consent should be sufficient, but there is just a little bit more that is needed for a morally permissible act. To be a complete and accurate definition, equality needs to be taken into consideration. There needs to be an equality in the relationship and a fairness in what each participant is receiving from the sex. This equality is needed because it helps rule out many of the conditions that Klepper was concerned about, like deceit and
Since the dawn of man, sex has played a crucial role in society. Before they learned to read or write humans were engaging in sex and without it none of us would be here. In today’s society, sex has grown to become much more complicated. If I were to ask a group of people on the street what they believed sex was? I bet they would have a hard time answering. The question puzzling society today is how do we define sex? Can we define sex? These are questions raised in Tracy Steele’s article “Doing it: The Social Construction of S-E-X”. This article is about the current questions and issues that have been raised about sex within today’s society. In this paper I will summarize the key points of the article, while sharing my own thoughts and opinions of Steele’s findings.
Farley says “the requirements articulated in this norm is all the more grave because it directly safeguards the autonomy of persons as embodied and inspirited, as transcendent and free (Farley, 218)”. Giving your consent on sex makes it better on the two willing to give consent, it's an agreement, and trustful. “This right or this obligation to respect individual autonomy sets a minimum but absolute requirement for the free consent of sexual partners (Farley, 218)”. In addition, I also argued that when giving your consent on sex if something where to occur, it's based in your choice. Farley would say that “ the requirement of free consent, then opposes sexual harassment, pedophilia, and other instances of disrespect for persons capacity for, and right to, freedom of choice (Farley, 218)”. Which proves my argument to be correct, that giving your consent is self-decision, and self-choice. The consent on sex proves to sufficient based in
...is morally degrading and perpetuates the idea that women are mere sexual objects,” (BBC News.) This shows the awful things they go through in order to get what they truly
the thought police. In today’s society if a women gives into sexual intimacy with another person
Consent is known as the permission, or approval of a certain action. A current debate in today’s society is about consent during sexual relations. This is a very controversial subject due to the fact that there are so many different scenarios that come into play when you are talking about consent between parties. When discussing consent, there are many different topics that come into play depending on who you are talking to. In my opinion, one of the most important things that come into play when discussing this topic is respecting who you are with.
Consent is uniquely argued position within philosophical analysis of moral and immoral behaviours, especially in regards to positions refuting consents ability to be sufficient enough to legitimize moral behaviour. We must remain critical in our analysis of consent, and ways that it may, or may not legitimize moral behaviours. At first glance, one might assume that; the consent of two people is enough to constitute moral behaviour. Upon further investigation, we become aware of another’s ability to consciously consent and engage in acts that will degrade and cause some form of harm to the other, usually for their own mental or physical pleasure, inducing the fact that consent is not sufficient for ensuring moral behaviour. Consent is certainly a necessary part of contextualizing and legitimizing moral, sexual behaviours, however, consent is not implicitly sufficient for moral behaviour on its own. Consent is not sufficient legitimizing certain behaviours.
Rubin bemoans the oppressive laws that tell people what sexual practices are to be accepted and unaccepted, as if laws were to be obeyed - a presumption that already constitutes a particular type of subject in relation to a kind of power (the power of/in Law). Because we are so oppressed, unable to choose between sexual practices, we should give up these overrated relics of good sexuality and bad. Instead let everyone do anything, so long as they practice the vaunted ritual of consent. And while consent may be hard to locate, and does have problems, it should still b...
In today’s heterosexual and patriarchal society sex and sexual desires revolve around men, and Hoagland sets out seven patterns showing how this is the case. Sex is thought of as a “powerful and uncontrollable urge” and male sexuality therefore is a basic component to male health, sexual acts show male conquest and domination, sexual freedom gives men total access to and over women, rape is, by this logic, natural and women who resist a man’s advances are “‘frigid’”, sex involves losing control and sexual desire, when described as erotic, “involves a death wish (eros)”. The bottom line is that in today’s heterosexual and patriarchal society sex is all about men having a natural power over women; sex involves a total loss of control which creates a split between reason and emotion since being in control is a matter of reason controlling emotions, “we tend to believe that to be safe we must be rational and in control but to...
12). What is ok for one to do is not acceptable for another to do although they are equal. This standard is upheld by media on almost every outlet. This can range from women showing off their sexuality to the men being praised for sleeping around or having lots of women around him in one setting. An outside source goes on to state “Under the rubric of the sexual double standard, highly sexually active men are praised or rewarded with high status, whereas highly sexually active women are derogated or suffer a damaged reputation” (Marks, 2008, Pg. 84). In the society we live in a man can have a many sexual partners as he pleases and studies actually show that men do report having more sexual partners than women (Chapter 12). Not only is it glorified and encouraged but there are some countries that practice polygyny which is when a man has more than one wife making it acceptable in various cultures. There are instances where a woman has multiple husbands as well and this is referred to polyandry. A woman’s sexuality is always glorified and placed on a peddle stool in some cases. Men love to admire the female body like to cat call when they see something they like. However, if and when a woman acts in the sexual manner that men glorify them to be in, then the woman is looked at
Rape in the United States is defined as “an act of sexual intercourse accomplished against a person’s will by means of force, violence, duress, menace, or fear of immediate and unlawful bodily injury on the person or another.” The courts have expanded this definition to include the withdrawal of consent after pene...
Consent can be found in different kinds of human activities, including recruiting, signing contracts, giving approval for medical treatment and engaging in sexual activities. Especially in sexual activities, consent is a critical element for making conduct permissible. Although there are some studies on discussing whether the occurrence of consent is an essential factor in sexual offences (Pineau 1989; Tiersma 2007), it remains important in Hong Kong legislation. Hong Kong Ordinances Cap.200 s.118 has stated that,
It was once acceptable for men to have full control over women, declaring when they will marry and when they will have children. However, over the past centuries, women have established a place in society, proving themselves much more than someone's property. This is why the word “rape” today is not taken lightly. According to findlaw.com, “Rape generally refers to non-consensual sexual intercourse that is committed by physical force, threat of injury, or other duress.” When one does not give consent to sex, it is considered a felony, possibly putting the rapist in jail. Contrary to sexual assault, “Sex is reified as penile-vaginal intercourse while an extremely diverse group of pleasurable and sexually stimulating activities are dismissively relegated to the category of foreplay...” (Reinholtz, Muehlenhard, Phelps, & Satterfield, 1995.) Although consented sexual intercourse is much more out in the open and accepted in society, the problem of rape is still very relevant behind the scenes.
A definition for the concept of the grey area is given by Sara Alcid in the article “Navigating Consent”, she defines it as, “the unclarity as to whether each party is consensually participating to an act of sex, and that certain actions, clothing, or conversations invite sex or signal consent” (Alcid, 2013). The lack of a verbal “no” during sex is also included within the grey
In today’s society things are being expressed and experienced at younger ages, than ever before in our time. Children and teenagers are discovering their sexuality at very early ages. Sexuality is the discovering of who you are and what makes you different from everybody else.