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In the following scenario, a female student, Suzy, in her first-year of university visits a male doctor at the Student Health Centre, to which, she is told that she has a minor vaginal infection and is then further questioned about her sexual activity. After she mentions the number of sexual partners she has had in the past year and states that she “likes sex,” the doctor makes a judgmental remark by saying he does not believe a girl of her age should be behaving this way and advises her to go see a therapist.
The behaviour of the doctor is morally wrong as he is speaking subjectively about his own beliefs in regards to Suzy’s sexual activity. For instance, after she explains that she likes sex and plans “on enjoying myself [herself], sometimes

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