--- In [email protected], "Alex Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], foufou_fl <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "Alex Stanley" > > <j_alexander_stanley@> wrote: > > > > > > I can't speak for Judy, but I think all Judy is saying is that there > > > is nothing disordered about being sexually attracted to people who > > > have reached sexual maturity. However, there is a major difference > > > between attraction and acting on that attraction. Even though > > > adolescents are sexually mature, they are emotionally immature and > > > vulnerable, so there are age of consent laws to protect them. > > > > > > While I am not arguing against age of consent laws, thought European > > standards might be more realistic, your argument seems not so solid. > > > > If adolescents are sexually mature, they are emotionally immature > > and vulnerable, so there are age of consent laws to protect them, > > then why not laws to protect them from sex with peers? Two > > emotionally immature and vulnerable people engaging in intimate > > emotional acts is OK, but one emotionally immature and vulnerable > > person engaged in an engaging in intimate emotional act with a > > mature person is not?
>But, nevertheless, their does exist between adults and > children a power gap, and the children need to be protected against > coercion and sexual predation. Just for the sake of argument -- and logical inferences -- then maybe specific laws against power and coercion in pursuit of sex would be better than crude age criteria. There are currently laws against various forms of coercion: rape and sexual harassment laws. By your example, not all all, possibly not many adults, use power or coercion in sexual relations. Adolescent guys, I would guess, use power, coercion and mind trips to seduce peers a lot more than adult men do. If they do, why should age be a factor in protecting them? Are power and coercion of a 40 yr old over a 25 yr old worse than over a sexually active 17 yr old? Or a 17 year old over a 17 year old? And if power and coercion are not used, is a 40 yr old with 17 yr old any more or less damaging (or fulfilling), than a 17 yr old with another 17yr old? And are 17 yr old women devoid of power? It could be argued (perhaps by neanderthals) that they may hold more power over middle aged men than vice versa. Take American Beauty for example. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
