In the day and age where online dating and meeting is becoming more common, it’s easy to alter how you are perceived. You can disclose details about yourself you believe are attractive and withhold/hide information about yourself you believe other people would reject you for. The Lenient Thesis provides that it is only a minor wrong to deceive another person into sex by misleading them about certain personal features such as natural hair color, occupation, or romantic intentions. This thesis does exclude run-of-the-mill deception like someone’s sexual history, t.v show preferences, or how funny one finds the other. In “Sex, Lies, and Consent”, Tom Dougherty seeks to argue against the lenient thesis, and instead that deceiving another person …show more content…
He states that firstly, since each person is an essential part of the sexual encounter, one is deceived about the sexual encounter by deception of the other person. Also, that the deception concerns “deal breakers”. Deal breakers, in this context, is more than hiding a certain personal feature about yourself but instead takes into account deception as a whole, where if the other person were made aware of everything and all things concealed were revealed, that person would refrain from engaging in the sexual encounter. Dougherty argues that when someone is deceived into sex, the deception vitiates the victim’s sexual consent. (720). Moreover, since it is seriously wrong to have someone without their consent, deceiving someone into sex is seriously wrong, as well. Dougherty’s argument then is understood as …show more content…
It is not reasonable to say that when both parties are ignorant of the lack of moral consent, one individual is being deceived. The act of deceiving involves causing someone to believe something that is not true. In the Candice and Courtney example, Candice was unaware of the skis previous owner and did not intentionally deceive Courtney. Moreover, from the very beginning Courtney was made aware of all the information that was possible to be made aware of, thus, she was not deceived and gave her morally valid consent. And when the information that the skis belonged to Joseph Stalin was discovered Courtney was made aware of it and that is when she decided to withdraw her consent. Therefore, Courtney did give her morally valid consent and Candice did not deceive her. Instead, Courtney merely withdrew her morally valid consent. Moreover, when two people engage in sex unaware that there is a deal breaker, the seriousness should be determined by the harm suffered by the victim of deception. I am not arguing that harm is the best way to measure the wrongness of sexual deception in all cases. Instead, I argue that in cases where both partners are aware of their actions entirely, aware with whom they are having sex, but unaware of “deal breakers”, the harm explanation should be adopted. Thus, in the Candice and Courtney example,
The complainant of a sexual offence could previously be cross-examined about being a prostitute or about indiscriminate promiscuity in order to show that she was not to be trusted. There was a tendency to explore the victim’s past sexual experience to...
Deception influences people’s decisions and outlook on life. Internal deceptions occur when someone tricks themselves into thinking something that is not true. External deceptions occur when a person or character tricks another person or character. Internal and external deceptions occurs in day to day life as well as in literature. Deception plays a significant role in Great Expectations because it both internally and externally affects characters.
While the victim on this show was taken seriously and given a rape kit, she was still asked what she was wearing and whether or not she welcomed the man’s behavior with flirtation. These sorts of questions do touch on how many rape cases are biased against women and do not usually work in their favor. Also, motivational theories in sociology focus on social factors which drive a person to commit crimes (Wadsworth). In this case, the defense argues that the woman’s behavior, appearance, and attitude demonstrated that she wanted to have sex. As a result of these social factors and indicators, he to committed a deviant
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.
When initially asked about the morality of lying, it is easy for one to condemn it for being wrong or even corrupt. However, those asked are generally guilty of the crime on a daily basis. Lying is, unfortunately, a normal aspect of everyday life. In the essay “The Ways We Lie,” author Stephanie Ericsson makes note of the most common types of lies along with their consequences. By ordering the categories from least to most severe, she expresses the idea that lies enshroud our daily lives to the extent that we can no longer between fact and fiction. To fully bring this argument into perspective, Ericsson utilizes metaphor, rhetorical questions, and allusion.
“It is not through some libidinal investment, through some energy of desire that [seduction] acquires intensity, but through the pure form of gaming and bluffing” (Baudrillard, 164). It is beyond the commodification process that is manufactured to guarantee success. Its nature is elusive and though it may use sexuality-it is only as a means to an end. Baudrillard asserts that “if sex has a natural law, a pleasure principle, then seduction consists in denying that principle and replacing it with a rule, the arbitrary rule of a game.” (Baudrillard,
Initially, the mens rea of rape prior to the case of DPP v Morgan a defendant cannot be found liable for rape if he had the reasonable belief that consent was formed between them and the victim. Which leads to an unfairness to those victims that have been violated, and also that any person accused of rape could say they had belief in consent. Although, it was shown not to matter how unreasonable that belief may have been, in concerning the knowledge or lack of knowledge of consent. Needless to say, the current law has attempted to improve and develop upon this concept, though it may not be completely satisfactory. The 21st century initiated a new state of trying to improve the current laws and precedents on the definition of rape, the prior precedent simply not suitable for the 21st century. Various cases after Morgan , prior to the act that redrew and reformed the Mens rea of rape, came to court and illustrated how the principle of Morgan operates. In Kimber the defendant (D) was charged with sexually assaulting a mentally disordered woman. It had to be determined whether his interference was in fact an assault, even with the D’s claim of consent to his actions, though she claimed otherwise. The court came to find that the mens rea for assault is intentionally touching a Victim (V), unlawfully, i.e. without consent. However, due to the fact that the D believed the consent was there, however unreasonably, he therefore lacked the mens rea of the assault and therefore not guilty.
Richard Gunderman asks the question, "Isn 't there something inherently wrong with lying, and “in his article” Is Lying Bad for Us?" Similarly, Stephanie Ericsson states, "Sure I lie, but it doesn 't hurt anything. Or does it?" in her essay, "The Ways We Lie.” Both Gunderman and Ericsson hold strong opinions in regards to lying and they appeal to their audience by incorporating personal experiences as well as references to answer the questions that so many long to confirm.
The definition of sexual assault was recently brought into question after a story was released in which a woman, anonymously, accused actor and comedian Aziz Ansari of sexual assault. The woman, dubbed “Grace,” accused Ansari of ignoring her “non-verbal cues.” There are two big issues with this story. The first being that “non-verbal cues” is quite ambiguous and, in many states, is not a clear rejection of sexual intercourse. To be charged with sexual abuse in New York, where the incident occurred, state law requires that the victim did not “expressly or impliedly acquiesce in the actor’s conduct” meaning the accuser must either clearly state or imply they do not want to participate. Based on this definition, Ansari could, arguably, be guilty of sexual abuse in the third degree. One could also argue, however, that by not saying no Grace implied “acquiesce.” He could not, however, be guilty of rape, which requires the victim to clearly state lack of consent. This is the second issue. Grace willingly engaged in sexual activity. While many people chalk this up to a “bad date” others believe it to be sexual assault. This story is an example of vertical concept creep. The differing degrees of sexual assault make it difficult to distinguish exactly what Grace is accusing Ansari
We lie a lot, says behavioral economist Dan Ariely. The central thesis of Dan Ariely’s The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty is that human behavior is driven by two conflicting motivations, and that most human values are not compatible all of the time. On one hand,
Sexual define in adjective term is “relating to the instincts, physiological processes, and activities connected with physical attraction or intimate physical contact between individuals” (Oxford). 2. Cheat is define in informal term is “be sexually unfaithful” (Oxford). Sexual activity can easily lead people to cheat on their partner, and it’s also known as one of the most common mistake people do. The reason for their action can come from many things such as physical satisfaction, relationship problem, sudden gap in a relationship, etc. Based on the definition, even though the mate did not have any physical sexual activity with other people, but the fact that the mate is thinking of having sexual activity verbally with someone else already proves that they are unfaithful to their partner. However, other people may consider about how long the relationship has been going between the couple, I still do not see any reason for my partner to have a sexual activity/conversation through social media with others than myself. For example, Alex and Jen is a couple. Somehow, they get into a fight and neither of them willing to put down their brave and apologize or simply want to clear the situation out this situation is define as “gap”. Suddenly, Jen met this one guy in the library and somehow got to exchange number with him. They texted and talked a lot on the phone and through social media. Time passed and somehow their conversation no longer stay in the “friend-zone” and more forward sexual thing. This just proved that Jen is unfaithful to Alex, because she not only did not want to clear the issue with him but instead she seeking for other surrounded. Even Jen did not have any idea of cheating in mind, but by her letting the guy step across the border line of friend and talk about private thing and did nothing about it when her boyfriend and her is fighting. In my opinion, I believe couple always fight over
Poison flowing around us, slowly eating away at relationships, tearing apart marriages. Promiscuity is rising in today’s society. It is hurting many marriages and relationships as the rise of cheating and partners increase. Huxley’s dystopia shows how the rise of promiscuity may affect society one day. As we are coming closer to this dystopia, promiscuity is hurting families, relationships and partners already a great deal in today’s society.
Deception on the other hand has been a traditional component on human behavior. Indeed, many argue that it is intrinsic to all human communication. It is sometimes mistakenly with unintentional conception or misinformation. Many researchers have attempted to define what deception is and their definition varies. But in the simplest way deception can be defined as the act of misleading or elude someone into believing a lie or a false
Russel Vannoy argues that sex without love is better than with love. There is a case for sexual liberation for one’s self. Vannoy brings several arguments to light that can affect adultery and marriage. According to Peter Koestenbaum, authentic Decision is the minimum external influences, deliberate not unconscious, made with true knowledge of kind of person one uniquely is. (Koestenbaum, 1974) Vannoy believes in certain circumstances sex without love can be enjoyable. The committed marriage in his opinion lacks spontaneity and excitement. The societal gates of marriage forces us as humans to be truly
According to Glass (2013), lying can be major piece of human relationship. In some cases, it permits us to blend in and survive in association with people in the world (p.19). Glass (2013) mentioned that there are seven reasons why a person lie. First of all, people lie to avoid hurting other’s feelings. In Dawson (2006) example, “Julie may have just saved her friendship by telling a lie” (p.43). Julie lied to Pat about her ugly dress just to avoid offending her. Secondly, people will lie for ulterior motives. For instance, one will lie to keep his/her job, or one will make a sale to get the client impressed and want to buy from him/her. Third, people will lie for self-protection. For example, when a person is a witness of a crime, he would lie, not to protect the criminal, but rather to not be considered as a snitch. And nowadays, being a snitch or being on the side of the law means risk to you and to your loved ones. Fourth reason is lying to present a positive image of himself and avoid rejection. Most of the single people who are searching for a mate go on a dating site. However, in this site, not all information are valid. People tend to lie about their weight, their height, their job, and their age just to present a better picture of themselves to someone else. In a few words, they are making an effort not to be rejected from first look. The fifth reason to lie is to avoid any