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- From: rll1@kepler.unh.edu (Robert L Lamothe)
- Newsgroups: soc.couples
- Subject: Re: >>>>> Adult women seducing male children
- Date: 22 Jan 1993 18:57:52 GMT
- Organization: University of New Hampshire - Durham, NH
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- In article <cos.727660009@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu> cos@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Ofer Inbar) writes:
- ><RFM@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
- > Now this is not to deny that actual molestation does exist, when one
- >person takes advantage of another. But people being taken advantage
- >of exists at all ages and in all areas of human life. When we
- >criminalize all sexual relationships below a certain age, we cause
- >more problems than we could hope to solve.
- >
- > -- Cos (Ofer Inbar) -- cos@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu
-
- I'll agree that that being taken advantage of happens to members of
- every age group, religous group, race, creed and sex. But somewhere we have
- to draw the line, are you suggesting that a 12 year old can really be
- considered to be an emotionally mature self-realized individual? How about
- a 5 year old? Are you going to tell me that there is a child somewhere who
- is cognative enough and has enough experience to make healthy choices about
- sexuality? In many states the age of consent is 16, in others it can be
- as low as 14 but at least there is some legal protection for young people.
- I'll concede that a 6 year old boy and girl playing Dr. is a relatively
- harmless thing, but when an 18+ year old male plays Dr. with a 6 year old
- male or female then we have a clear case of perversion and a legal adult
- who should be tried for molestation. To say that we should take this on
- a case by case basis is barking at the wind. Proffesionals can rarely
- agree on what's what. Show me one proffesional who'll say one thing and
- I'll show you another who will say something totally different, and if
- I pay them enough they'll tell me what I want to hear. Children need
- protection and guidance until such time as they are capable of taking
- the responsibilities for their actions and decisions, the law says that
- this is 18, but I know few 18 year olds that are truly ready for adulthood.
- However at least by the age of 18 most kids are starting to figure out
- who they are and are more capable of making decisions that can affect
- their lives. In a nut shell its up to us to provide children with the
- time they need to figure out who they are before we ask them to make
- choices they arne't ready to make.
- ` -Bob
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- Robert L. Lamothe University of New Hampshire
- rll@unh.edu Interoperablity lab room 220
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- Just because you're not paranoid, doesn't mean they're not out to get you.
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