PHIL 200 Chapter Notes -Sexual Intercourse, Masturbation, Human Sexuality
12 Jun 2018
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acts, they are nonetheless "Masturbatory." "In obscenity, attention is taken away from embodiment
towards the body", and there is "a 'depersonalized' perception of human sexuality, in which the
body and its sexual function are uppermost in our thoughts".
A woman's masturbation during coitus is obscene since it leads the couple to focus too sharply on
their physical features; she is a depersonalized body instead of a person-in-abody.
Thus, for Scruton, this obscene masturbation cannot sustain and it threatens the couple's
metaphysical illusion.
If a woman's masturbating during coitus is greeted with delight by her male partner, rather than
with disgust, and increases the pleasure they realize and recognize in the act together contrary to
Scruton, either not all masturbation is obscene or obscenity, all things considered, is not a sexual,
normative, or metaphysical disaster.
Two Models of Sexuality It might not be surprising that the conservatives, Finnis and Scruton, are
suspicious about the value and morality of masturbation.
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