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In reply to the discussion: Anonymous on the case of lesbian girl charged with statutory rape. [View all]BainsBane
(53,003 posts)6. You said statutory rape laws were about enforcing virgin purity
I say they are about prosecuting pedophiles and rapists. You seem to take exception to the fact that children and teenagers might not want to have sex all the time. Statutory rape laws are meant to protect young boys and girls from predators since they are too young to consent to sexual relations. That may mean those children reach age 14 without having sex with an adult, God forbid.
Statutory rape laws are not meant to keep teens from dating. Enforcement of laws in this particular way is, as I understand it, fairly recent, so your assertion that they were about protecting traditional family notions of virginity is not accurate.
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I think you have at least two overgeneralisations and an implicit error there.
Donald Ian Rankin
May 2013
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