There are a host of clear cases in which one person sexually uses another precisely because the former employs deception in a way that undermines the informed character of the latter’s consent to sexual interaction. Consider this example. One person A has decided, as a matter of personal prudence based on past experience, not to become sexually involved outside the confines of a loving relationship. Another person, B, strongly desires a sexual relationship with A but does not love A. B, aware of A’s unwillingness to engage in sex without love, professes love for A, thereby hoping to win A’s consent to a sexual relationship. B’s ploy is successful; A consents. When the smoke clears and A becomes aware of B’s deception, it would be both appropriate and natural for A to complain, “I’ve been used.