Ask Dr. Helen: Should Men Be Kicked Out of the Church Nursery?
I see a lot of comments here that claim that an adolescent boy isn’t really all that victimized by the sexual advances of an adult female. After all, he wants it, and she gives it to him.
What I am curious about is why then do we automatically assume that girls don’t want it. Because, as far as I can tell, teenage girls are just as randy as teenage guys. She wants it, sees an older man that will satisfy her feminine tendency toward hypergamy, and he gives it to her. Why do we automatically assume that the girl is an innocent victim of a craven male, and the boy is a willing participant in some sort of mutual sexual fantasy between himself and an adult woman?
“I think that the age of consent should be 16–it is in some states.”
Dr Helen, what do you think about setting the age of consent at 14-15 for girls and 16-17 for boys? After all, if girls mature 1-2 years earlier than boys, it follows that the laws should recognize this earlier agency.
