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Women were also the first to be outraged about the crime of rape directed at women, and about spousal abuse. Should we have kept silent and allowed the victims to suffer alone?
Sniggering at our gender and our role in life, particularly when you have no experience as a parent isn't a very good tactic towards developing a solid argument.
I will not dismiss the experiences of young people. But those of you who are young and have never been parents should not dismiss our views simply because we're over 30 and not to be trusted.
You lack the same experiences, as well as the longevity of life that allows you to see how actions play out over time. Furthermore, young people also often lack humility because they haven't fully experienced the weight of adult responsibility. The fact of the matter is that I've been a teenager and worked with teenager for 20 years. My feelings on child sexual abuse evolved from THOSE experiences, but were only complemented by my experiences as a mother. You've never been a mother, so you simply don't know what the experience is like, and how it might change your perceptions of what matters.
I've posted multiple sources that state that male rape victims experience SIMILAR emotional trauma to female victims, without the support from the community, peers and others to help them cope with these complex feelings. The fact that you are still hung up in gender bias says more about you than it does about the trauma and damaged caused by adult/child sexual relations.
Because rape of innocence is exactly that RAPE.
I hate to tell you this but boys are different from girls. i know it's not PC to say that but really a 14 year old boy having sex with an older woman is NOT the same as a 14 year old girl with an older man.
Yep, but if you believe a sentence should reflect the impact of the crime then I would argue that a man having consensual sex with an under-age female is worse and should attract a heavier penalty than a woman having sex with an under-age male.
I'm not referring to rape as it is known at common law, this "statutory rape" phrase is misleading and shouldn't be used.
This is always funny ... though not because of the rape but because so few people know much about rape or what it really is. It's taking advantage of something vulnerable, sexual rape isn't the only form of rape nor are most rapes about the sex to the rapist. It's about control, domination, or for child rape defilement. Rape of boy or girl, by the opposite or same gender. is still rape because it is defiling them, taking away their innocence. Whenever an adult takes advantage of the hormone imbalance of a growing child it is wrong, and they should be punished just as murderers for they are ruining the childs life.
It will have the exact same impact whether male or female, to say otherwise is to say that men are less important than women ... though I like that notion it isn't accurate nor fair.
Yep, but if you believe a sentence should reflect the impact of the crime then I would argue that a man having consensual sex with an under-age female is worse and should attract a heavier penalty than a woman having sex with an under-age male.
I'm not referring to rape as it is known at common law, this "statutory rape" phrase is misleading and shouldn't be used.
It will have the exact same impact whether male or female, to say otherwise is to say that men are less important than women ... though I like that notion it isn't accurate nor fair.
Finally, male victims may fail to report sexual molestation with adults because the boys in some cases do not perceive the sexual activity as abusive. This perception may be due to denial or minimization in order to avoid overwhelming and unacceptable feelings of helplessness. Whatever the reason, researchers have found that some male victims report neutral or positive effects of sexual activity with adults (Brown, Condy, Tempter & Veaco, 1987; Fritz, et al, 1981; Johnson & Shrier, 1985; Sandfort, 1984).Test
In the 1970s, most organized pedophile activity was centered in the Netherlands, and to a lesser degree in The United Kingdom.[24] A small number of Dutch researchers, among them Bernard, social psychologist Theo Sandfort, lawyer and politician Edward Brongersma and psychiatrist Frans Gieles, wrote papers on the topic, both from theoretical and practical standpoints.
Old mothers still see therechildren as children. Some of us are fortunate to see our childrens children also.There's a reason that most of the "outraged" here are female, and mothers of sons to boot.
The outrage of adults perverts treating children as sex objects is from seeing the emotional damage done to these children that we have watched through the years try to overcome from what they suffered early on.
Like it or not that is the way it is.
Because rape of innocence is exactly that RAPE.
I hate to tell you this but boys are different from girls. i know it's not PC to say that but really a 14 year old boy having sex with an older woman is NOT the same as a 14 year old girl with an older man.
I have to agree, but I still have issues with it, the biggest one being that a boy experiencing sex at such a young age is likely to want it more and likely to seek it out among younger girls who may not want to participate. All in all, not a good thing. At 16 or 17 though, I would agree that it shouldn't be considered a crime, or at least not rape.
High school boys and hot teachers; most boys would love a chance with their hottie teacher. So at this point, I don't think it would be rape.
ACtually, if you'll read this thread, you'll see that few considers the rape of a boy by a woman in a position of power as an act of violence. Which isn't surprising, given the lack of enthusiasm for digging out the abusers who get young girls who end up in clinics knocked up.
This is what happens when you promote sex among children. You stop protecting them, and you end up with a jaded, degraded society in which anything goes and nobody cares.
Rome is a prime example.
rape of an adult is considered an act of VIOLENCE.
rape of an underage, consenting teen is not an act of violence...so it is hard for people to get a grip around it, as well as they can for the Rape of an adult...a violent act using force.
Statutory Rape is a mental game that ends with the physical rape, the adult using their experience to entice a teen in to consenting, or in to thinking that this is all A-ok....with the teen lacking in full capabilities and development of reasoning until they are in their later teens to 20 years of age.
Two young teens, within the same age range, both under age, having sex is not considered statutory rape because both children are lacking in full reasoning skills developed later on....
Statutory rape with a consenting teen is not good for either male or female imo.
