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In reply to the discussion: Anonymous on the case of lesbian girl charged with statutory rape. [View all]davidn3600
(6,342 posts)7. It is true that these laws seem to be focused on the female
DOJ stats say that in 95% of statutory rape cases, the "victim" is female.
In our society, women are pressured to remain virgins. Men do not have such pressure. In fact, men are shamed if they remain a virgin well into adulthood.
This law is very unequally applied. If the male is 16 and has sex with an older female..its not looked down upon as much as if the genders were reversed.
The double standards America has towards sex and sexuality is astounding.
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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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