Eliminatus said:
Tex117 said:
coupland boy said:
While not legal, some of the recent cases in which 16 and 17 year old boys/young men were involved seem like grey areas. 14 is not. That's clearly way too young and she needs to be dealt with every bit as harshly as a 27 year old man who messed with a 14 year old girl.
Could not agree more.
Why do we say that girls mature faster than boys, but obviously our society does not believe that when it comes to sex?
17...yeah, you are getting high fives, but 14? 14 is a child....
Because the stakes are higher for a girl. Both physically and mentally. I lost my virginity at 14 to an older girl. I was a ****ing boss. That doesn't happen to often to a girl. Society, nature and personal emotions tell us it is not the same. Morally disagree all you want it doesn't change it.
Believe that or or not, it simply is. Boys are different from girls. Ergo, we get different treatment and different expectations.
Thank you for your child psychology and physical analysis, but even taking that as true (not saying you are wrong or right), the laws are not written that way. As such, the laws should either be re-written to account for different crimes for different genders, or the laws should be applied evenly for all perpetrators.
Moreover, its also not just about you (or the boy victim), but the mens rea (hehe) of the person doing the crime. These are adults in a position of authority choosing to break a law on the books. Regardless of the damage it causes, these adult women chose to commit statutory rape. That is as deserving as punishment as any male counterpart, regardless of the victim.
You don't like the law, fine, change it, but that's not what it s currently on the books.
