| Question posted on April 18, 2013; 1 response |
| Is Homosexuality unnatural?
There was much debate in our Philosophy class. ... |
| Sex |
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| Question posted on April 11, 2013; 1 response |
| Do polygamy bans violate the natural rights of bisexuals? In wake of the current Supreme Court debate in the US that gay marriage bans violate due process and equal protection guarantees, I want to ask a philosopher whether these two... |
| Law, Sex |
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| Question posted on April 4, 2013; 2 responses |
| You are a single male, a highly attractive female asks you to engage in a sexual relationship with her. However, they are already in a long-term, albeit unstable relationship. Do you accept or decline the offer?
I have declined on the... |
| Ethics, Sex |
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| Question posted on March 21, 2013; 1 response |
| Are 18 year olds capable of consenting to be in pornographic productions?... |
| Children, Ethics, Sex |
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| Question posted on March 7, 2013; 1 response |
| Is it wrong to desire sex with a woman when your primary interests are only physical and hence you might not even know or have spoken to the woman you desire sexually? Or does that only become problematic when a... |
| Sex |
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| Question posted on February 21, 2013; 1 response |
| Is it possible to have a liberal attitude toward sex and be opposed to abortion?... |
| Abortion, Ethics, Sex |
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| Question posted on February 7, 2013; 1 response |
| What interests me is the idea I've been hearing about a lot that sex should be used only for reproduction. The justification that I've heard for this statement is based on the idea that any other sexual activity that invlolves... |
| Sex |
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| Question posted on January 10, 2013; 1 response |
| I recently read an article in the New Yorker about a sex offender who had a preference for 13-14 year old girls. One of the things that struck me was when one of the psychologists noted that he was under... |
| Children, Ethics, Sex |
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| Question posted on August 16, 2012; 1 response |
| Is a foot fetish perverse?... |
| Sex |
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| Question posted on July 19, 2012; 1 response |
| If a woman were to force herself sexually on a man most people would have a hard time imagining how that incident would cause lasting and profound trauma for that man. Why is that? ... |
| Ethics, Feminism, Sex |
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| Question posted on June 21, 2012; 1 response |
| Is our society's assumed negative view of pre-marital sex only because of what is said about it in the Bible? Or does this also account the fact that sex is used for procreation? But at the same time, why is... |
| Sex |
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| Question posted on March 9, 2012; 1 response |
| A website I came across reads: "Can I Kiss You?" Ask any woman and she will tell you – a man should NEVER "ask" for a kiss. Asking for a kiss goes against EVERYTHING a woman is looking for in... |
| Feminism, Sex |
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| Question posted on January 26, 2012; 1 response |
| Prior to the mass availability of condoms, and reliable birth control it seems to me that the act of sex had a very different meaning than it does now. It seems to me that "lust" had a very logical and... |
| Sex |
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| Question posted on December 20, 2011; 1 response |
| On December 9, 2005, Nicholas D. Smith wrote a response that said in part:
"For the ancient Greeks, prostitution was entirely socially acceptable... whereas free males were expected never to commit oral sex (on any sex partner, male or female)."
From what... |
| Sex |
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| Question posted on September 29, 2011; 1 response |
| My girlfriend and I have recently moved to a new area, and have encountered an unfortunate problem. In this area, the birth control pill is only available upon prescription by a gynecologist, and gynecologists are required by law to... |
| Ethics, Sex |
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| Question posted on September 9, 2011; 1 response |
| People drink beer to have fun and nobody calls that selfish. People play games and sports with one another to have fun and nobody calls that selfish. But when two persons have sex with one another just to have fun... |
| Sex |
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| Question posted on September 1, 2011; 1 response |
| In this question, I'm going to assume there are strictly two human biological sexes, male and female. That assumption isn't exactly true (chromosomal variations), but it's a close enough approximation to ask the question.
At restaurants such as "Hooters," provocatively-clad females... |
| Feminism, Gender, Sex |
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| Question posted on August 25, 2011; 1 response |
| As an argument against bestiality, it is often said that animals are not able to consent to sex.
If this is the case, though, wouldn't that mean that every instance of two animals mating is an instance of rape, since presumably... |
| Animals, Sex |
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| Question posted on August 25, 2011; 1 response |
| Why is prostitution considered immoral, as long as it is a service that is provided, just like the service of a driver or a cleaning person? Why is a prostitute seen like a person of low value and why do... |
| Business, Sex |
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| Question posted on August 6, 2011; 2 responses |
| According to Nicholas D. Smith in response to a question about sexual harassment legislation, "The minute someone in that place begins to give sexual attention to someone else in that workplace, the environment is changed--and changed in a way that... |
| Business, Sex |
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