You should look up the book "When She Was Bad" by Patricia Pearson. It's not just things like rape and sexual exploitation that our criminal justice system has a hard time pegging women with, it's EVERYTHING.lacktheknack said:Three questions:
Why did he need a babysitter? He's fourteen. I had major issues with being alone (read: paralyzed in a corner while crying) and even I got over them when I was ten.
Isn't it worth jail time to get an underaged person drunk, let alone sexually assaulting them?
Why the double standard? If this was a twenty-year-old guy and a drunk fourteen year old girl, this would be "Despicable Story of the Day". And yet there are people saying "Meh, she's hot".
Yeah, and while we're at it, we should just make it so that ALL laws only apply to men.Continuity said:Get the kid a medal.
Seriously, this is a pubescent teen dream. There is no way the kid was being taken advantage of, he was having the damn time of his life.
As for the woman, let her off and stop harassing her. And change the stupid law.
This seriously.Continuity said:Get the kid a medal.
Seriously, this is a pubescent teen dream. There is no way the kid was being taken advantage of, he was having the damn time of his life.
As for the woman, let her off and stop harassing her. And change the stupid law.
thefrizzlefry said:I'm of two minds on this one: On the one hand, she got the kid drunk, which is really sleazy and absolutely worthy of punishment, but, on the other hand, I honestly think that America is far too harsh on statutory cases like this one; I mean, especially if it's just someone in their late teens or early twenties, that shouldn't really be a crime. Of course, such a policy would work best only if kids were given honest, comprehensive sex education and access to cheap or, even better, free contraceptives, which probably won't happen until my generation starts calling the shots.