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Sexual Interactions and Sexual Infidelity
The Journal of Ethics, Volume: 25
Swansea University Author:
Paddy McQueen
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DOI (Published version): 10.1007/s10892-021-09359-1
Abstract
In this paper, I develop an account of what constitutes a sexual interaction between two or more people. I do this by first defining a sexual activity as one in which an agent intends to satisfy a desire for sexual pleasure. To determine what is required for two (or more) people to engage in a sexua...
| Published in: | The Journal of Ethics |
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| ISSN: | 1382-4554 1572-8609 |
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
2021
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56361 |
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In this paper, I develop an account of what constitutes a sexual interaction between two or more people. I do this by first defining a sexual activity as one in which an agent intends to satisfy a desire for sexual pleasure. To determine what is required for two (or more) people to engage in a sexual activity together, I draw from Bratman’s account of shared collaborative activity. I argue that sexual interaction is one in which two or more people engage in a sexual activity together, with the intention of satisfying a sexual desire (or some sexual desires) in a mutually responsive and mutually supportive way. This means that people can engage have sexual interactions across large distances and over a long period of time. I then use this account to decide what things constitute sexual infidelity. The answer is a broad one: many things can count as sexual interactions and hence can be sexual infidelity. This can include stripteases, cyber sex and, contrary to what a lot of people think, the private use of pornography. |
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Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |