“Finnis will respond that the sexual use of one’s body differs from other uses of one’s body in games or skilled performances.The violinist who rehearses his part is still actualizing a genuine human good of skilled performance, whereas the solitary masturbator is not. We find this distinction, as articulated in Finnis’ Affidavit, unconvincing. Sexual activity can certainly be a skilled performance. The assertion that this activity must be different from other activities in which the body is used for pleasure merely because it involves sexual organs and sexual pleasure appears to be deduced from a religious or metaphysical axiom with which we are unfamiliar.”
— Martha Nussbaum. “Platonic Love and Colorado Law: The Relevance of Ancient Greek Norms to Modern Sexual Controversies.” Virginia Law Review 80 (1994): 1649-1650.

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