PHIL 259 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Reflective Equilibrium, Monogamy, Heterosexuality
10 Feb 2018
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Goldman"s initial analysis: definition 1: sexual desire is desire for contact with another person"s body and for the pleasure it produces. We may want to express other feelings through sexual acts, but without the desire for the physical contact itself such activities cannot be sexual. Desire for physical contact = activity is considered sexual (?) I. e. kissing and caressing is considered sexual even w/o presence of genital symptoms: problem: it leads us to interpret physical contact as sexual desire in sports like football (where goal is to win the game). If the desire is purely for contact with another specific person"s body, then we are saying this to be a sexual desire, not the desire to win. Conclusion: definition is too narrow person"s personality (no one"s thoughts, but one"s personality in manners of behaviour), looking or conversing in a certain way can only be considered sexual without body contact.
