Age Of Consent Laws
I haven't posted in awhile but I felt the need again to write how I feel about another of society's ills. This time it is the laws of consent.
Why do we have laws of consent? That's simple:
Although some young people may feel that they are mature enough to engage in a sexual relationship, others may lack the emotional development to deal with this or to feel confident enough to say 'no'. Age of consent laws are there to protect young people from being sexually exploited by adults.
It's when we over apply these laws that I have a problem with them and with the media that goes overboard and ape-shit and make the parties involved into victims when they clearly are not. Take the case of Mary Kay Letourneau (now married to the so-called victim and going by the married name of Mary Kay Fualaau) that was clearly a love story–I don't recall Mary Kay screwing every student in her class. Clearly these two were victims of the morally strict laws of the U.S. system.
What has prompted me to write this post today is the case of Debra Lafave. In this case, according to the Associated Press:
The victim has suffered extreme anxiety from the media attention, a psychiatrist previously told Marion County Circuit Judge Hale Stancil.
There you have it, the media and society making someone into a victim when they clearly were not otherwise. I was 14-years-old once, and I had many fantasies about doing my teachers and even that hot checkout clerk at the grocery store. I can only guess as to what I would have given to have had the opportunity to screw any of those hot babes I came across in my youth.
Now I am not condoning rape, so let's be clear about this, in this case there was no rape. I bet this 14-year-old was high-five'ing everyone of his friends and the excuse not to testify in court clearly has nothing to do with being a victim, but of the media who took this case, out of the many cases that are going on right now, some that are clearly violations, and blown this one all out of proportion! I bet the hot blonde clearly had something to do with it. The other cases I looked at don't have the hot blonde ex-model, just plain teachers, and Mary Kay's case already had the plain teacher spin.
A really bad case is that of Adrianne Hockett. Accused of having sex with a 16-year-old special-needs student in a Houston apartment. The boy has testified the pair would "have sex, drink beer and smoke weed." Nice, start the kid into a life of drugs and alcoholism while you're screwing his brains out.
Also laws of consent are different in many states and even then in many of its counties. In California the age of consent is 18-years-old. In Connecticut it is 16-years-old. So in California you can go to prison for having sex with a 16-year-old and in Connecticut you can go celebrate the loss of your virginity with your love partner.
The age of consent laws have one mayor inane flaw. They don't take into account the sexual needs of teens. You just can't regulate a horny 14-year-old with laws. They will have sex with each other as well as that ugly hag next door if given a chance! We need to take into consideration the laws of nature when crafting such laws. Clearly some teen girls are sexually mature at the age of 12! Is it surprising that we have so many teen pregnancies? I don't think so. Nature always finds a way. It is for this reason that we should stop making victims out of something that comes' well… naturally!