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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2015 15:21:12 GMT -5
I find these comments disturbing. Are we not extending the same legal protections to well endowed or scantily clad 14 yos as we do to other 14 yos? I wasn't talking about scantily clad girls. I just said there are several in my son's class that I have a lot of trouble thinking of as being only 14, and I know their age. I can see where a 19 year old could honestly believe they were much older, especially if they met at a college party or something.
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Post by mmhmm on Jul 6, 2015 15:24:53 GMT -5
And some 19 year olds are naive and socially backward. And some 14 year olds are aggressive. Do I think it's right? No. Do I think all of the responsibility should fall to the male all of the times in all cases to make sure a girl is not lying and is giving constant ongoing consent..? Sorry, I don't. The responsibility, IMO, should fall on the adult in the situation, if one is an adult. Gender shouldn't be the deciding factor and I don't think it usually is, as far as the courts are concerned.
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Post by HoneyBBQ on Jul 6, 2015 15:44:07 GMT -5
The sex offender registry should not be used as punishment. Use it if it will do some good, and don't use it where it is pointless. No one needs to know that some guy got arrested for peeing in a park, or some girl was arrested for mooning her friends. Yes, actually they do. The sex offender registry lists severity of the crime. I'm not buying a house next to a child rapist.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2015 15:51:05 GMT -5
The sex offender registry should not be used as punishment. Use it if it will do some good, and don't use it where it is pointless. No one needs to know that some guy got arrested for peeing in a park, or some girl was arrested for mooning her friends. Yes, actually they do. The sex offender registry lists severity of the crime. I'm not buying a house next to a child rapist. what are you talking about? I said people should not be on a sex offender registry for peeing in a park or mooning friends.
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 7, 2015 6:51:08 GMT -5
Perhaps not. Are you sure they are? I didn't appreciate my 8 year old daughter being frontal mooned by a bunch of football players. I handled it by stopping my car at the red light still next to the bus, getting out of my car, and banging on the bus door. Telling the coach that I get that guys that age think it's funny but it's not funny to an 8 year old girl. Or her mother. Time and place people. A high school girl might think it's hysterical. I probably would have at that age. I hope he talked to them about not mooning children. If they still continued, I hope they got put on lists.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jul 7, 2015 11:41:29 GMT -5
So we are not even talking miles. A half mile at the most. That is not very restrictive. This isn't a point. If you take daycare places, schools, parks and playgrounds into consideration, the radii of all these places merge into each other leaving very little area to live in.
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 7, 2015 12:37:49 GMT -5
Don't do the crime if you don't want to do the time. Like it or not, it's a crime. I don't know about different levels, it makes sense, but it's up to the state I guess.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Jul 7, 2015 18:33:29 GMT -5
Don't do the crime if you don't want to do the time. Like it or not, it's a crime. I don't know about different levels, it makes sense, but it's up to the state I guess. County
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 7, 2015 18:34:27 GMT -5
See how little I know? Thankfully.
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Post by cktc on Jul 7, 2015 18:48:15 GMT -5
How many 19 year old females end up on the list for having sex with a 14 year old? This is not applied equally via gender in our society. It just isn't. How many 19 year old women do you think are having sex with 14 year old boys? Most teen girls won't even consider dating a boy 2 years her junior let alone 5. Has his voice cracked? Can he drive? I'm not saying it never happens, but I don't think it is gender bias that more young men find themselves in this predicament.
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Post by billisonboard on Jul 7, 2015 18:51:41 GMT -5
How many 19 year old females end up on the list for having sex with a 14 year old? This is not applied equally via gender in our society. It just isn't. How many 19 year old women do you think are having sex with 14 year old boys? Most teen girls won't even consider dating a boy 2 years her junior let alone 5. Has his voice cracked? Can he drive? I'm not saying it never happens, but I don't think it is gender bias that more young men find themselves in this predicament. I think it has to do with gender socialization issues.
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Post by gooddecisions on Jul 7, 2015 21:40:56 GMT -5
So we are not even talking miles. A half mile at the most. That is not very restrictive. This isn't a point. If you take daycare places, schools, parks and playgrounds into consideration, the radii of all these places merge into each other leaving very little area to live in. I am not missing the point. I am just pointing out that in my neighborhood one lives right across the from a very large daycare. He may creep over there everyday walking his dog. 500 ft is not very far
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 8, 2015 6:38:57 GMT -5
I've never seen a daycare in a residential area. The only reason the school I taught in was surrounded by residences was because a developer thought people would want to live right next to a school. He was right but then the people complained about the noise a school makes.
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Post by swamp on Jul 8, 2015 8:22:41 GMT -5
I've never seen a daycare in a residential area. The only reason the school I taught in was surrounded by residences was because a developer thought people would want to live right next to a school. He was right but then the people complained about the noise a school makes. Home daycares.
Daycares placed in mixed use neighborhoods. Repurposed schools. It happens.
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 8, 2015 8:24:10 GMT -5
Ah. Never used them so didn't think on it.
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