Gimpy
The Living Force
How many of the people we meet are like this and have such a hidden life behind their civilized facade? Probably a lot more than we would ever think in our wildest dreams.
Yep. Its one reason I'm such a hermit. ;)
How many of the people we meet are like this and have such a hidden life behind their civilized facade? Probably a lot more than we would ever think in our wildest dreams.
Skyfarm said:This seems like the State is casting a wide net in attempt to catch the real menaces, or maybe it's a desperate attempt at reducing teen pregnancies. Heck, more than half of my graduating class was sexually consenting and would've been labeled as sex offenders with this criteria. In fact, my Grandpa would have been labeled a sexual offender for knocking up my Grandma at the age of 16.
The Department of Justice estimates that on average, there is one child molester per square mile in the United States.
In The Netherlands, the age of consent has been lowered to 12 (13?)! There are very active pro-pedophilia people there (with their own magazines, etc.) and they were apparently heard... And some people are campaigning for that in the States as well, so...
Finally, whether or not legal, there are often social mores which frown strongly upon it. For example, even in Sweden, where zoophilia has been legal since 1944, Beetz comments[16] on the findings of Ullerstam:
"It has to be noted in this context, that not having laws against a behavior and acceptance of it by society are two completely different matters... no acceptance of the persons engaging in this kind of sexual activity was adopted by the population. [...] Furthermore, Ullerstam referred to alleged evidence that showed, that many remarkable men had sexual experiences with animals and had to live a life in constant fear because of that. Those men had been widely respected, but would have lost everything if their activities would have become known; all their great contributions would have been forgotten due to a 'primitive moral reaction'."