twitchelvi -> RE: Woman Sexually Abuses Teenage Boy -- What Say You? (1/26/2015 1:33:41 AM)
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I love topics like this! Contreversial enough to get people responding, but something that can have enough different sides to it to keep a conversation going! First I would have to say, 15 is 15, whether it's a boy or girl it is still rape. That being said, I think this situation is one that usually gets viewed with a double standard. Lots of people(most of them men I imagine!) would joke about how they wished this had happened to them when they were younger, etc. I think a fair amount of people out there wouldn't really be too upset by this situation either. But if you were to switch things around, 47 year old man and 15 year old girl, most everyone would be offended and want the pervert fried. I am willing to bet that when convicted her sentence will be nowhere near what the sentence would be if she was a man instead. So that's where I think that the double-standard exists. That being said, I did say at the begining, 15 is 15, and I do see this as rape, whether a boy or girl and a man or woman perpetrating it. As for the logic behind the laws, this is one of those things where it's hard to say why this age and not that one. I have met people in my time, when I was younger or as I grew, that were probably mature enough to make the decision to have sex at 15 or 16 years old. And I am sure that most of us can think of someone we have known or heard of that wasn't or isn't responsible enough to be having sex at 20, 30 or even older! Everyone is different, but there is no way to differentiate for everyone, so we have to decide to draw the line somewhere. Actually that just brought about the train of thought for me, going off track here a little but, the age of consent varies from state to state. In some states minors can have sex or even marry below the age of consent with parental consent. Doesn't that seem kind of wrong? I mean, your son or daughter can't have sex until 16, but if mom or dad say "Go ahead, you can fuck them." then they can at 14 or 15. That just seems kind of f#$@ed up to me!
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