PHIL 200 Chapter Notes -Orgasm, Reflective Equilibrium
12 Jun 2018
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Instead of an objection to aiming at orgasm, the potential interference raises an objection to aiming
at self-expression during the time that orgasm is the goal.
Several theories of motivation in psychology easily incorporate this fact: Creatures find moderate
discrepancies from predicted sensation more pleasurable than sensations that are completely
expected.
Sensations produced by a sexual partner are not as adequately predicted as autoerotic stimulation.
More than gestures must be employed to communicate such feelings as love, trust, hatred, shame,
dependence, and possessiveness.
I doubt that jealousy or a distinction between "One's fantasies [and] the truth" can be
communicated by sexual body language at all.
In her comments on a relative of this paper at the 1976 Pacific Division APA meetings, Sara Ketchum
pointed out that I have completely overlooked one sort of sexual activity in which the domination is
real and the cooperation of the other person is not required: rape.
Repeated messages about one's feelings are not merely redundant; they convey new information:
the continuation, renewal, or salience of those feelings.
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