On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 10:15:44 -0600, Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I realise I have been terse to the point of rudeness in my recent posts to you. This was because it seemed to me that you were dragging child abuse into a conversation about adult rights. I accept that this is not what you were trying to do and the varying laws on consent and adulthood confused this. Sorry. > So, lets add a year and say she was 16, and able to work in a coal mine. > Would it be reasonable for her step-father to require her to have sex as > part of her normal responsibilities at home? Would it be reasonable for > him to simply offer her privileges (such as no chores, extra spending > money, and a later curfew) without any overt threats of punishment for > non-compliance? If it were an offer to work in his business, it would > generally be considered reasonable. I have already answered this when you originally posed it. > The point is that there is something different about sex. It involves > emotions, sense of self, etc. Since I thought my point was rather > modest... And as you have seen others do not believe your idealised version of sex is universal and would prefer to leave it up to the individual to decide what is healthy for themselves. Martin _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
