Heh. It's funny how this double standard thing works; I mean eventhough everyone agrees this is sick and wrong, I can't help but think most people here think this is indeed a bit less sick and wrong than if the genders were reversed. Seeing as the established viewpoint of society is that the man is the the instigator of sexual congress, it doesn't really matter if he's 13 now does it?
There's a reason why there's an age of consent: pubescents are hormonal, impulsive, rebellious. Hell if you'd put them through traditional psych tests most of them would score 'sociopath', because they can't reason all that well yet. Sure there are exceptions to the rule, and we'd all like to think we did know what we were doing at age 13. Odds are we didn't though. So I'm glad we have these laws, and I'm glad there's no double standard as far as the law's concerned (theoretically, that is. There's a fair chance she might get a reduced sentence because she comes up with some sad story about her husband having scarred her emotionally and not being able to stand being away from her kids).
Also give the kid some porn and better online supervision.
There's a reason why there's an age of consent: pubescents are hormonal, impulsive, rebellious. Hell if you'd put them through traditional psych tests most of them would score 'sociopath', because they can't reason all that well yet. Sure there are exceptions to the rule, and we'd all like to think we did know what we were doing at age 13. Odds are we didn't though. So I'm glad we have these laws, and I'm glad there's no double standard as far as the law's concerned (theoretically, that is. There's a fair chance she might get a reduced sentence because she comes up with some sad story about her husband having scarred her emotionally and not being able to stand being away from her kids).
Also give the kid some porn and better online supervision.