In Robin Dembroff’s article What is Sexual Orientation, they argue that bidimensional dispositionalism should be the preferred idea to explain the concept of sexual orientation. According to Dembroff’s idea, bidimensional dispositionalism aims to clarify two things:
1. “…Sexual orientation is based upon a person’s sexual behavioral dispositions under the ordinary manifesting conditions,” and,
2. “…Having a particular sexual orientation is based upon what sex[es] and gender[s] of persons one is (or is not) disposed to sexually engage with under these conditions,” (Dembroff, What is Sexual Orientation, page 3.)
These categories are important because they don’t require specific reference to one’s own sex or gender, but focus on the sex and gender …show more content…
Combined with the conceptual repertoire, “what we can think and say…what we can do and who we can be,” (Burgess, Plunkett, page 3) these ideas aim to reevaluate one’s concept of sexual orientation so that the final concept achieves its respective purposes. This highlights the partial conservation in Dembroff’s project and how their foundation respects the morality of an individual’s sexuality. An adoption of bidimensional dispositionalism would encourage an alteration of the current taxonomy involving sexual orientation. Revising the content would provide a concrete idea of the concept in a way that doesn’t disrupt social or political research, or infringe on the legal and social protection of non-heterosexual individuals, and would reduce the presumption that the queer community is a minority engaging in sexually deviant behavior. These targets recognize the morality of non-heterosexuals and create a sociopolitical framework that would encourage the elimination of negative connotations and a coexistence of …show more content…
She believes, “the values of sexual experience themselves figure in the construction of moral dilemmas” and this concept of better sex is seen as a conflict between “alternative moral acts,” (Ruddick, 84.) These characteristics are fundamental in the evaluation of sex acts, and therefore will outweigh the outstanding characteristics that can describe a morally significant sex act. A sex act is considered natural when it satisfies the natural object of genital intercourse for the standard aim of reproduction, and any other intention is considered perverse. The sex act can enhance pleasure if it increases or facilitates an increase in benefit of the act or of the person’s experience. The benefit of an act is better recognized by others and is reciprocal to the virtue of care. The degree of completeness of a sex act is contingent on the relation between partners, one’s own desires, and their partner’s desires. Embodiment, a recognition of and submission to sexual desires, and reflexive mutual recognition, the state of actively desiring each other’s desires, emphasize that a sex act is complete when partners can embody desire and reciprocate it. These characteristics entail respect for persons because each consistently recognizes the need for mutual desire, moral equality, and nature of the
1. “…Sexual orientation is based upon a person’s sexual behavioral dispositions under the ordinary manifesting conditions,” and,
2. “…Having a particular sexual orientation is based upon what sex[es] and gender[s] of persons one is (or is not) disposed to sexually engage with under these conditions,” (Dembroff, What is Sexual Orientation, page 3.)
These categories are important because they don’t require specific reference to one’s own sex or gender, but focus on the sex and gender …show more content…
Combined with the conceptual repertoire, “what we can think and say…what we can do and who we can be,” (Burgess, Plunkett, page 3) these ideas aim to reevaluate one’s concept of sexual orientation so that the final concept achieves its respective purposes. This highlights the partial conservation in Dembroff’s project and how their foundation respects the morality of an individual’s sexuality. An adoption of bidimensional dispositionalism would encourage an alteration of the current taxonomy involving sexual orientation. Revising the content would provide a concrete idea of the concept in a way that doesn’t disrupt social or political research, or infringe on the legal and social protection of non-heterosexual individuals, and would reduce the presumption that the queer community is a minority engaging in sexually deviant behavior. These targets recognize the morality of non-heterosexuals and create a sociopolitical framework that would encourage the elimination of negative connotations and a coexistence of …show more content…
She believes, “the values of sexual experience themselves figure in the construction of moral dilemmas” and this concept of better sex is seen as a conflict between “alternative moral acts,” (Ruddick, 84.) These characteristics are fundamental in the evaluation of sex acts, and therefore will outweigh the outstanding characteristics that can describe a morally significant sex act. A sex act is considered natural when it satisfies the natural object of genital intercourse for the standard aim of reproduction, and any other intention is considered perverse. The sex act can enhance pleasure if it increases or facilitates an increase in benefit of the act or of the person’s experience. The benefit of an act is better recognized by others and is reciprocal to the virtue of care. The degree of completeness of a sex act is contingent on the relation between partners, one’s own desires, and their partner’s desires. Embodiment, a recognition of and submission to sexual desires, and reflexive mutual recognition, the state of actively desiring each other’s desires, emphasize that a sex act is complete when partners can embody desire and reciprocate it. These characteristics entail respect for persons because each consistently recognizes the need for mutual desire, moral equality, and nature of the