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Originally posted by SOPi_Jawbreaker
I can't remember where I read or heard this (Oprah show maybe???) but I think it was a psychologist and he or she said that there is a difference in between men and women who commit statutory rape. For most of the men, it wasn't about a particular girl. It was just about girls of that particular age. Basically, the girls were interchangable to these men and many of them had been with more than one underaged girl. For the women, it was about a particular boy. The women became obsessed with one particular boy and for them it was about more than sex. In their minds, they imagined that a relationship with this particular boy would make them happy and make all their problems go away. I know it's kind of a generalization but I think it is sorta reflective of the way men and women cheat. Just generalizing but I think men cheat just for sex or just to boost their ego/feel more like a man (when their wife or girlfriend doesn't provide that) whereas when a woman cheats, there's more of an emotional cheating element added.
As far as punishment for women who commit statutory rape, there is still this feeling in society that women are supposed to be gentle, nurturing creatures. Therefore, it's difficult for a lot of people to see a woman as a predator. It's easier to believe that there must be something wrong with her.
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In utter seriousness, this may possibly be the most intelligent post I've read here in quite a while!