Why Sexting Is Not Morally Wrong.

I just thought of a scathing counterexample as to why sexting is not morally wrong nor could be constituted cheating by any reasonable person.

Let us suppose sexting is wrong because it constitutes some sexual act with another person. But what is sexting? A series of text messages with a sexual undertone with the intent to arouse and stimulate. Our recipient sextor would read a sexual message, masturbate, and reply. An exchange of communication that would seem to be akin to long-distance mutual masturbation. Our sextors might even send pictures to each other for visual erotic stimulation.

Now. Imagine that all of the responses that our recipient sextor receives is actually generated by a computer. The sextor reads erotic messages, masturbates, replies. An efficient computer could even produce erotic imagery to complete the illusion.

Now, what moral crime has been committed? At best, the sextor is guilty of masturbating while thinking about something other than the offended partner. And if masturbation is somehow wrong, well, that’s fucked up. Not a person alive hasn’t let their mind wander during sex with their partner just a little. It doesn’t necessarily mean the care for their partner is less, it’s JUST THOUGHTS.

And the last thing we should do is accuse people of being thought-criminals.

Anyway, just a fascinating thought I have.