I’m going to try this out tonight.
this is no simple choice: have sex and save the world or don’t have sex ever again.
in order to come to a decision i don’t care about looks. which one is the best having sex? i can always close my eyes for a good screw and i don’t think there is benefit in looking at a pile of sand no matter how gorgeous.
so i’m going to need more information here before i can decide.
It’s not at all a rationalization. You seem to be rationalizing some difference among the three (other than their subjective attractiveness to the other party) that doesn’t seem to be there.
Do you see the OP as the same question as this? – “You have a choice of raping one of these 3 women, or refusing to do so and letting the world be destroyed. Would you choose which one to rape based on their degree of attractiveness to you, or some other criteria? Or would you let the world be destroyed?”
How about, “Are you willing to BE raped to save the world?”
Well, technically, there’s still the argument that coercion was involved. However, as the hypothetical is written, I’m the only person I know is being coerced. The other participants might also be coerced or they might be willing. So… it seems like applying legal definitions is more likely to conclude that I’m the victim of rape here.
But CNN will still devote three weeks of airtime to any idiot who wants to argue some esoteric interpretation that still makes it sexist, racist, illegal, etc. The good news is that Fox will blame it on Obama.
If under threat of life and limb (and planet Earth), you “consent” to sex, then yes, whoever is causing this to happen is basically committing rape… but if the other person is under just as much duress as you, then it’s very interesting.
I remember a story in the news a few years ago where a couple of guys broke into a home and they forced a son to rape his mother. I don’t know what crimes those guys ended up getting charged with, but obviously the mother and son were innocent of anything because neither of them could consent to sex.
I suppose this case is similar. I’d be under as much duress as the other person, so I don’t think legally it would be rape.
Why would the default choice be the attractive one?
Personally, I’d feel a little guilty, because while it is a fucked up situation to have forced upon you, it does show at least a modicum of complicity on the chooser.
Who gets to rate the three? Because it’s quite possible I would rate the meh higher than the hottie, just because of my own personal preferences (dark hair rates higher than blonde, small breasts rate higher than udders, etc.).
Why would it not be? You only know one thing about these women, and at is which look more, or less, attractive to you. From what I can tell from the OP, you don’t get to chat with them, get to know them or learn anything else about them, and in particular you don’t know their level of enthusiasm for the act or you.
Why would you deliberately choose someone who looks less attractive when you have nothing else to go by?
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In a sense it doesn’t matter. Given the lack of other criteria, would you choose someone other than the one who seems most attractive to you?
Maybe that would be one reason there was a test, This god-like being has picked 3 people and rated their attractiveness, and now wants to know whether most of us agree with those ratings or not.
I have to admit, if I thought THAT was the reason we were all being forced into this, I might choose the ugly one just to fuck with the expectations of the being.
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Again, if the hot one is above what your used to getting, it’s a pretty safe bet she isn’t into you. Otherwise, you’d already be boinking women on that level of attractiveness. I think you’re kidding yourself if you think: “Who know’s? maybe that hottie really wants me.”
So you have to ask yourself “Which of these three women are least likely to be repulsed by me having sex with them?”
That at least seams the most moral way to go in a very f’d up situation.
That’s just silly.
Maybe the “ugly” one is very religious and this is going to be a horrible experience in which they feel violated but fell the need to do so to save the world.
Maybe the “hot” one is very sexually liberated and doesn’t mind one bit.
Maybe there’s no way to know since the description in the OP doesn’t include any information to assume your assumptions are any more valid that the ones I’ve listed.
I don’t understand how you can construe that to show complicity. The “me” in this scenario is being coerced both to choose and to have sex. They’re both the same level of coercion.
Maybe I’m complicit if the alien says “Choose or die” and I say “Ooh… the hot one - I’ve always wanted to rape a hot chick and now you’ve made my dreams come true!” but that’s not what I’m going to say. I’m just thinking “How do we best survive a situation that is inherently bad?” (And, in real life, it’d be about who looks emotionally tough enough to handle herself, not her appearance.)
Also, I think you need to really examine your take on complicity in regards to more real life situations. That might actually produce some value out of this hypothetical because some of these misconceptions are pretty common. If a rape victim says “You can hurt me, just don’t hurt my sister” or “At least use a condom” then they are NOT complicit in the act in any way, just like our hypothetical chooser is not complicit.
Go ahead and put another check mark in that column.
Let’s put it this way: I see myself in the mirror every day, and I KNOW none of the 3 girls are doing it because they’re filled with uncontrollable lust for me.
Yes, there are a lot of maybes in the OP. But statically, which scenario seems more plausible?
All three people are just average folks? Or, you happened to stumble upon the one hot woman wanting to have sex with you? Or some religious fundie uggo?
I get all that. But choosing the hot one is self serving, is it not?
But if they’re 3 average people why assumed the hot one is any more offended?
That makes no sense either. Peoples morals are not generally tied to their straight teeth, clear skin, or grooming habits.