Dougherty claims that it is consistent to think that the nonconsensuality of coercive sex is sufficient for its being seriously wrong while maintaining that its harmful nature is also sufficient for coercive sex to be seriously wrong and that harm makes nonconsensual sex even worse.

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Dougherty argues that it is consistent to believe both that the nonconsensual nature of coercive sex is enough to make it seriously wrong and that its harmfulness also independently contributes to its wrongness, with harm exacerbating the wrongness of nonconsensual sex. This perspective allows for multiple dimensions (nonconsensuality and harm) to independently and cumulatively contribute to the moral wrongness of coercive sex.

Dougherty Claims That It Is Consistent to Think That the Nonconsensuality