AAkasha
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Is it unethical to sexually objectify someone else if they have no idea it is happening to them? Is it unethical to make them do something, for your own sexual pleasure, even though they are not aware that that's why you are having them do it, and they did not consent with the full knowledge that it was turning you on? What if you are just looking at them? What if you have asked them to do something, and it's harmless, but the purpose is for your sexual gratification and they did not agree to that?
This interesting dynamic/dilema occured to me when pondering a story idea someone inspired in me. I was working through the plot in my head, and I realized, it presents a very interesting situation. The story idea in my mind was that a woman in a powerful position at a company hired a younger man as an assistant or in a lower role, and then as part of his job responsibilities, had him engage in acts that were more and more designed to give her sexual pleasure and objectify him (without him knowing). For example, if she did something as simple as drop a few things off her desk as she was getting on a call, then gestured for him to pick them all up, he would be down on the ground. and she would be observing him, imagining that he was doing so as a slave to her, as a servant. Should he actually end up on his knees, all the better, and the entire time, he would have NO idea she was watching with the explicit intent to later masturbate through the memory in her mind. Tasks could be more and more edgy, to the point of being subjective, but never crossing the line.
In reality, it's sexual harrasment. I cannot help but think of the men in high powered positions that regularly engage in this kind of activity, kind of pushing the envelope but making sure it was never anything actionable. But is it sexual harrasment if the victim party has no idea it is happening, and is blissfully unaware? If a woman wears a low cut blouse to advertise her cleavage and a boss keeps something at just the right level so she has to bend over, in his view, to get to it (and she has no idea), and he gets his rocks off (in his head, not outwardly), is that wrong?
It's ironic, because I am in a position now with my career that it could be easy for me to walk this line. But I never, ever, ever even have considered even remotely going down that path, because it conflicts with my own ethics. I make it a habit not to hire younger, attractive men, which might be its own form of reverse discrimination I suppose; but I don't need that kind of distraction. If I ever came across one with talent so undeniable that I could not resist hiring him, that might cause some trouble, but I consider myself to be of strong enough moral character that it would not be a problem.
Still, the idea that someone could sexually objectify another person - without them knowing it -- presents an interesting moral dilema. Is it wrong?
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