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The R word
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The R word It is not possible to post the R word in its entirety on this site because the 4 letter word itself is banned. I suppose I understand why, but then we get this whole idea of censorship and this being an adult site, etc, etc, etc. In todays local paper there are a couple of articles about Grape without a G. Of those one struck me as the crux of the whole thing...Consent. Sex without consent is R. Sex with people younger than 18 is also R and in my Humble opinion should never happen!! Now I realize that<b> teenagers </font></b>do it all the time (well some<b> teenagers </font></b>anyway) but seriously I doubt that anyone under 18 really can formulate what they are actually doing when it comes to sex in the first place...and under the age of 16 there is NO WAY they can. The article speaks to a man having sex with his student when she was only 14. I don't care if she consented...because not only legally, but morally she isn't able to accurately understand what consent means at that age. So I believe he (he's 31) should have been treated very harshly and jailed as well...the verdict? Well lets say he got off with a stern warning...WHAT???? Are you NUTS Mr. Judge??? That is absolutely intolerable... I recall being a age boy with all the urges and desires...I had near sex a couple of times before I was 17, (near sex is everything up to intercourse), we used to call it fooling around. Sigh. And I was 17 when I had my first actual penetration, with a girl who was 18 and definitely knew what she was doing!! But thinking back I was also DEFNATELY NOT prepared for the actual event and it likely changed my whole make up before I was really ready for that. Has it scarred me? Nah, not really...but then I'm a guy...and it was almost expected of us when we were that age...now isn't that a whole load of horseshit! Being the age I am now and looking back I am a bit stunned and even horrified with what went on in my teens. Not just for myself, but for the others in my friendship group. While actual intercourse wasn't common, everything else was...and I wonder if maybe the less emotionally prepared friends of mine weren't somewhat warped by what happened to them. The whole idea of R is indeed wrapped around consent and what that means. But consent is likely one of those areas that<b> teenagers </font></b>don't really understand fully and I would dare to say some people as late as 30 don't really understand. It is a very complex and deep thing. And I can't see how a girl who has just finished playing with dolls or a boy who days ago used to think girls were "icky" can rationalize and make such a choice. Peer pressure of course demands all sorts of things from our youth, but sex should be off the table. I have a friend, or should I say "used to have a friend", lost touch with him some years back, who got a girl pregnant when he was in Grade 12. He was 17, she was 16. They succumbed to their parents wishes and got married. Up to a few years ago anyway, they were still married and seemingly happy...but one has to wonder what their lives would have been like had she not gotten pregnant... Anyway...just a reflection on my part...I'd love to hear your thoughts on the whole issue... |
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