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Thomas Mappes Sex

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Throughout all of the time, no matter how much we have adapted and changed there is one act that we do that binds us all together as beings in this world, and that is the act of sex. Sex is one of the most natural things on the planet, as it is a means for reproduction and a means for general pleasure, but, that doesn’t always mean that humans use it only as a means of good. Like anything good in life, sex can be altered and manipulated into something that can do us harm as a people. In an article written by Thomas A. Mappes titled Sexual Morality and the Concept of Using Another Person, the author introduces the concept of threats versus offers when it comes to sex in the modern world. Our sexual morality is sometimes difficult to identify as we are surrounded with options to …show more content…

Mappes introduced the conflict between an offer and a threat when it comes to sexuality. As humans, we have the innate desire for sex, but someties people choose to seek it regardless of the shared consent aspect of it. He defines an offer as being an option, so if someone were to persuade another person into performing a sexual act with them, then there is an offer on the table, one that if you choose not to take, it will not harm you or your well-being. A threat, however, is the polar opposite. When a person threatens another in order to receive sexual attention, the threat makes it hard on them and coincides with them sexually taking advantage of the other. When a threat is on the table, if you choose to not participate, then that decision may lead to you

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