Qiaochu_Yuan comments on The more privileged lover - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 04 March 2013 06:28:40PM *  11 points [-]

You ask several questions of the form "why is X true?" without first addressing the more basic question "is X true?" I dispute your framing of the situation and agree with the other commenters (commentators?), especially TimS.

Even if you want to vigorously defend the point of view that David has a right to sexual satisfaction, it does not follow that David has a right to sexual satisfaction with Jane.

Comment author: [deleted] 05 March 2013 05:48:14PM *  1 point [-]

Even if you want to vigorously defend the point of view that David has a right to sexual satisfaction, it does not follow that David has a right to sexual satisfaction with Jane.

Provided they are mono (which given everything else in the post seems extremely likely), so long as they don't break up David doesn't have a right to sexual satisfaction with either Jane (because of her religion) or anyone else (because they're in a mono relationship).

Comment author: DanielLC 06 March 2013 12:20:10AM 4 points [-]

He has the right to leave the relationship with Jane.