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So many men are brain washed into thinking with what's in their pants....
Uhm.... they don't have to be brainwashed to think that way. Matter of fact, we pretty much have to brainwash them to not to think with that part of their anatomy.
Dang! Where were girls like this when i was young? Oh, wait ... my first kiss was when a girl kissed me on a park bench by the lake one evening (and my sister had fixed me up with her!).
You have your answer right there to why there are differences. I'm sure it's the same with other crimes. Men commit 99% of all homicides. I'm sure if you break the percentages down you will find that men are punished to a greater degree compared to women. When it's comparatively rare the outcome will likely be different for many reasons. Maybe the system just doesn't know what to do with these women, although, again, you won't get argument from men that all of them should just be jailed period.
But, given the sheer number differences I doubt this issue will ever be seriously prioritized by society.
Indeed the outcome is different for many reasons, one of them is no doubt the cultural double standards. Even judges have stated this as to why they were not giving out a jail sentence saying 'no harm done' and that if she was a man, he would have jailed her. Comments from the public concerning the abuse often label the boy as 'lucky' or 'alpha', the news reports more often use the words 'relationship' or 'sexual intercourse' as opposed to what it is, 'rape'. Very rarely are the cases reported as rape. There was a case in china of this where it was reported as 'empowered woman over powers man' and the media simply laughed it off. Just imagine the difference in response if that title had been reversed.
This cultural double standard also harms the victims as well, as seen here (even the actual report exhibits double standards in its depiction) http://www.tdcaa.com/node/1277
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A 17-year-old girl in upstate New York is forced into sex by a male teacher. Instead of sympathy, the student gets harassed for causing trouble for a popular teacher, threatened and pushed around by other girls. Just six weeks before graduation, she quits school.
A 17-year-old boy in Colorado is seduced by his attractive female teacher. A neighbor tells the teen's mom it was a sexual conquest like "climbing Mt. Everest." He has to hide from the crush of media attention.
Last edited by QuestOfTruth; 11-16-2013 at 07:25 AM..
Uhm.... they don't have to be brainwashed to think that way. Matter of fact, we pretty much have to brainwash them to not to think with that part of their anatomy.
My point was in reference to the impact of the over sexualised media, peer pressure, advertising, pornography etc. However, I agree. I forget because I don't think that way I guess.
That kid has got to be one of them there alpha males everyone keeps talking about around these parts.
No, he's a victim. And only if he's lucky, will he get help dealing with stuff he wasn't anywhere NEAR ready to deal with, if it actually ever is possible to "deal with" sexual assault.
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