The Impenetrable Tesseract of Fascinet wrote:
> Trinity wrote:
> > John Kuthe writes:
> >
> > >I had me one of those 14YO cuties once, for almost 10 years! IOW I
> > >married her! Of course, I was 19 when we began seeing each other too. A
> > >pretty far age gap, but believe me, I LOVED it!!! Sure I knew I was
> > >playing a dual role with her of daddy *and* boyfriend, but I tried to
> > >play down the daddy role if I could.
> >
> > Hmmzz Five years not that big of a difference if you ask me...
> >
>
> At 15, it's pretty big. At 25? not so much. At 65? Not at all.
>
Our culture seems obsessed with sexual exploitation of young people,
and I don't mean just children, but post-pubertal teens. Thing is,
they don't seem to care nearly as much about the "exploitation" aspect
as the "sexual" aspect. Many people who would like to see 19 year old
guys go to prison for consensual sex with 16 year old girls are
perfectly fine with having 16 YO girls who happen to be migrant workers
work long hours in the presence of nasty pesticides so they can have
cheaper produce. They ignore the plight of young people in dangerous
inner-city neighborhoods. They are against free, comprehensive medical
care for poor kids, and that's just what we are OK with within US
borders. The most horrifying sexual crime committed upon women is FGM.
Is the USA willing to accept every girl who is threatened by this as a
refugee? Are we willing to use our military to put a stop to something
like that? Of course not, because it is mostly a cultural practice
used to destroy female sexuality.*
They're not pro-kids. They're anti-sex.
*READ THIS:
"I was genitally mutilated at the age of ten. I was told by my late
grandmother that they were taking me down to the river to perform a
certain ceremony, and afterwards I would be given a lot of food to eat.
As an innocent child, I was led like a sheep to be slaughtered.
Once I entered the secret bush, I was taken to a very dark room and
undressed. I was blindfolded and stripped naked. I was then carried by
two strong women to the site for the operation. I was forced to lie
flat on my back by four strong women, two holding tight to each leg.
Another woman sat on my chest to prevent my upper body from moving. A
piece of cloth was forced in my mouth to stop me screaming. I was then
shaved.
When the operation began, I put up a big fight. The pain was terrible
and unbearable. During this fight, I was badly cut and lost blood. All
those who took part in the operation were half-drunk with alcohol.
Others were dancing and singing, and worst of all, had stripped naked.
I was genitally mutilated with a blunt penknife.
After the operation, no one was allowed to aid me to walk. The stuff
they put on my wound stank and was painful. These were terrible times
for me. Each time I wanted to urinate, I was forced to stand upright.
The urine would spread over the wound and would cause fresh pain all
over again. Sometimes I had to force myself not to urinate for fear of
the terrible pain. I was not given any anaesthetic in the operation to
reduce my pain, nor any antibiotics to fight against infection.
Afterwards, I haemorrhaged and became anaemic. This was attributed to
witchcraft. I suffered for a long time from acute vaginal infections."
Hannah Koroma, Sierra Leone
source: http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/intcam/femgen/fgm1.htm
>
> -F
--Bryan
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