Ask Dr. Helen: Should Men Be Kicked Out of the Church Nursery?
Sorry Sean but your comment is asinine. To say that there should be a double standard is ill thought out and helps perpetuate the kind of thinking that keeps this issue a double standard. Any “child” that is involved in a sexual situation with an adult is by definition abused, whether they think at the time that they like it or want it. They are children and as such, incapable of making that sort of adult decision with full knowledge of the results of their actions. Flip your argument around and make it a 13 year old girl that is eager to be accepted and approached by a male teacher and would be delighted to have him make her a “woman”. Society rightly condemns that sort of behavior because we understand that a girl of 13 can not consent to such an adult activity and that she is not able to properly understand the consequences. Why is it any different if the child involved is a boy? What about a 13 year old boy and a male teacher? If you find that distasteful and wrong but a 12 year old boy and a woman acceptable, that says a lot about you and your morals.
