A couple of months back, I visited a friend of mine, Mike, and discovered he was in a threesome with two women.
He'd met one of the women over the internet, and when he showed up to meet her in person at a coffee shop, she had brought her friend and lover, another woman.
Then, last week I went to visit Mike again and discovered that he had broken up with the women because both of them wanted to get pregnant, which wasn't something he himself wanted to happen. It was not a bitter breakup and the three have parted amicably.
My impression is that, for Mike, the threesome was all about sex, pure and simple. I do not get the impression that he entered into it for any other reason.
However, I'm sure there are threesomes out there that involve love, mutual respect, committment, and so forth.
So, my question is: Are threesomes moral? If so, what makes them moral? If not, what makes them immoral?
Are some threesomes moral while others are immoral? Why?
Please note: A threesome in this thread is different from a lover's triangle. A threesome involves all parties knowing about each other. A lover's triangle typically involves at least one party not knowing about another party to the triangle. In this thread I'd like to debate threesomes, and not debate lovers triangles. Thank you.
He'd met one of the women over the internet, and when he showed up to meet her in person at a coffee shop, she had brought her friend and lover, another woman.
Then, last week I went to visit Mike again and discovered that he had broken up with the women because both of them wanted to get pregnant, which wasn't something he himself wanted to happen. It was not a bitter breakup and the three have parted amicably.
My impression is that, for Mike, the threesome was all about sex, pure and simple. I do not get the impression that he entered into it for any other reason.
However, I'm sure there are threesomes out there that involve love, mutual respect, committment, and so forth.
So, my question is: Are threesomes moral? If so, what makes them moral? If not, what makes them immoral?
Are some threesomes moral while others are immoral? Why?
Please note: A threesome in this thread is different from a lover's triangle. A threesome involves all parties knowing about each other. A lover's triangle typically involves at least one party not knowing about another party to the triangle. In this thread I'd like to debate threesomes, and not debate lovers triangles. Thank you.