Sexual Ethics

PATRICK D. HOPKINS is the Jennie Carlisle Golding Chair of Philosophy at Millsaps College and Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior and Affiliate Faculty of the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. He is the editor of Sex/Machine: Readings in Culture, Gender, and Technology and is the author of numerous articles on bioethics, moral psychology, gender studies, and science and technology studies.

• Preface: How This Book Is Organized and How to Use It xAcknowledgements xiiiPart I Introduction to Sex, Sexuality, and Sexual Ethics 11 What is Sex? What is Sexuality? What is Sexual Ethics? 3patrick d. hopkinsSection 1: What is Sex? 41.1 Discussion Starters 41.2 The Problem of Definitions 41.3 Solutions to the Problem of Definitions 71.4 Decision Cases 7Section 2: What is Sexuality? 122.1 Discussion Starters 122.2 Definitions 132.3 Contextual Categorizations 152.4 Decision Cases 16Section 3: What is Sexual Ethics? 213.1 Discussion Starters 213.2 Methods of Ethics 223.3 Moral Psychology and Analysis 243.4 Decision Cases 25Part II Consent and Coercion 33How should we define sexual harassment?2 A Feminist Definition of Sexual Harassment 35Anita M. Superson3 Lost Innocence 45Laurence Thomas4 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Domino’s Pizza, Inc. 53United States District Court (M.D. Florida, Tampa Division)5 Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc. 58United States Supreme CourtHow should we define rape?6 Force, Consent, and the Reasonable Woman 62Joan Mcgregor7 Rape and the Reasonable Man 74Donald Hubin And Karen Healy8 Revisions to the Uniform Crime Report’s Definition of Rape 84United States Department Of JusticeHow should we assess the age of consent?9 Romeo and Juliet Were Sex Offenders: An Analysis of the Age of Consent and a Call for Reform 86Steve James10 A Bee Line in the Wrong Direction: Science, Teenagers, and the Sting to the “Age of Consent” 98Jennifer Ann DrobacPart III Marriage and Fidelity 117Should we provide new options for heterosexual marriage?11 Covenant Marriage Seven Years Later: Its as Yet Unfulfilled Promise 119Katherine Shaw Spaht12 Regulatory Fictions: On Marriage and Countermarriage 129Elizabeth F. EmensShould we legalize gay marriage?13 A Traditionalist Case for Gay Marriage 147Dale Carpenter14 A Response to the ‘Conservative Case’ for Same- Sex Marriage: Same- Sex Marriage and the ‘Tragedy of the Commons’ 154Lynn D. Wardles15 United States v. Windsor, Executor of the Estate of Spyer 167Supreme Court Of The United StatesShould we legalize polygamous marriage?16 Marriage 170Marci Hamilton17 Liberalism and the Polygamy Question 178Jon Mahoney18 Multi- Player Option 185Michelle ChiharaIs adultery necessarily immoral?19 Is Adultery Immoral? 189Richard Wasserstrom20 What’s Really Wrong with Adultery? 197Michael J. WreenHow should we define adultery?21 Sex Online: Is This Adultery? 201Christine Tavella Hall22 Virtual Adultery: No Physical Harm, No Foul? 211Kathryn PfeifferPart IV Homosexuality and Policy 221How should homosexuality be understood?23 Why Homosexuality Is Abnormal 223Michael Levin24 Homosexuality and Nature: Happiness and the Law at Stake 233Timothy F. MurphyWhat should the law be about homosexuality?25 Bowers v. Hardwick 239United States Supreme Court26 Lawrence v. Texas 253United States Supreme CourtHow should we assess attempts to change sexual orientation?27 Therapies Focused on Attempts to Change Sexual Orientation (Reparative or Conversion Therapies): COPP Position Statement 260American Psychiatric Association, Committee On Psychotherapy By Psychiatrists (Copp)28 (A) Can Some Gay Men and Lesbians Change Their Sexual Orientation? 200 Participants Reporting a Change from Homosexual to Heterosexual Orientation – Abstract; (B) Spitzer Reassesses His 2003 Study of Reparative Therapy of Homosexuality 264Robert L. Spitzer29 Welch v. Brown, Appellants’ Opening Brief (Preliminary Injunction Appeal) 267Kamala D. Harris, Douglas J. Woods, Tamar Pachter, Daniel J. Powell, Craig J. Konnoth, And Alexandra Robert Gordon30 Welch v. Brown, Brief Amicus Curiae of Foundation for Moral Law, in Support of Plaintiffs – Appellees Urging Affirmance 277John A. Eidsmoe And Joshua M. PendergrassPart V Transgender and Medicine 283How should transgender be understood?31 Gender Identity Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence: A Critical Inquiry 285Darryl B. Hill, Christina Rozanski, Jessica Carfagnini, And Brian Willoughby32 Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders: Discussion of Questions for DSM- V (on GID) 297Robert L. Spitzer33 Gender Dysphoria 300American Psychiatric AssociationHow should we assess sex reassignment surgery?34 The Psychopathology of “Sex Reassignment” Surgery: Assessing Its Medical, Psychological, and Ethical Appropriateness 302Richard P. Fitzgibbons, Philip M. Sutton, And Dale O’leary35 Transsexualism and Gender Reassignment Surgery 314Heather Draper And Neil EvansHow should intersexed children be medically treated?36 Surgical Progress is Not the Answer to Intersexuality 322Cheryl Case37 The Ethics of Surgically Assigning Sex for Intersex Children 327Merle Spriggs And Julian SavalescuPart VI Commerce and Speech 337Is pornography harmful?38 The Question of Harm 339Attorney General’s Commission On Pornography, Final Report, 198639 The Findings and Recommendations of the Attorney General’s Commission on Pornography: Do the Psychological “Facts” Fit the Political Fury? 348Daniel Linz, Edward Donnerstein, And Steven PenrodShould pornography be protected as free speech?40 Pornography and the First Amendment 355Cass R. Sunstein41 Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition 370United States Supreme CourtIs prostitution necessarily immoral?42 What’s Wrong with Prostitution? 374Igor Primoratz43 Moral Reflections on Prostitution 385Yolanda EstesPart VII Paraphilia and Pathology 393Are some sexual desires a type of disease?44 DSM- IV- TR and the Paraphilias: An Argument for Removal 395Charles Moser And Peggy J. Kleinplatz45 Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders: Discussion of Questions for DSM- V (on Paraphilia) 403Robert L. Spitzer46 Paraphilic Disorders 406American Psychiatric AssociationIs sadomasochism necessarily immoral?47 Rethinking Sadomasochism: Feminism, Interpretation, and Simulation 408Patrick D. Hopkins48 Naughty Fantasies 419John CorvinoIs bestiality necessarily immoral?49 What (if Anything) Is Wrong with Bestiality? 424Neil Levy50 Horse Sense 431Wesley J. SmithIs pedophilia necessarily immoral?51 Pedophilia 434Igor Primoratz52 What Really Is Wrong with Pedophilia? 440Robert EhmanIndex 447