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Ask Dr. Helen: Should Men Be Kicked Out of the Church Nursery?

January 11, 2008 - 1:00 am - by Helen Smith
Evan Thomas
2008-01-11 07:37:17

I found this comment disturbing:
“Most age boys in puberty would have loved nothing more than for one of their teachers to “introduce” them to this particular subject.”

Just because boys in puberty might want a physical relationship with someone in authority does erase the abuse factor. These hypothetical boys would risk exposer to STDs and have not developed the ability to recognize what is in their own best interest. These same boys probably end up in therapy and suffer from higher rates of depression (check the suicide rate among teenage boys vs girls).

Quite frankly, I found the comment to be sexist.