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Originally posted by AlphaChiS2K
One time we were going over some data on reproductive habits of some obscure African tribe, and it showed that the males in the tribe thought that 14-year-old girls were the prime for mating. Silberberg made several comments along the lines of "More power to them" and "That's the idea." OR IT COULD BE PEDOPHILIA, you FREAK....
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Maybe the way he said it, or the comments he made were very inappropriate, BUT, in all truth, girls that age are "prime for mating" in many african tribes today. If you look at the mating/marriage habits of many other cultures of today and of the past, it was also common for girls, some as young as the age of 11 or 12 to be married off to an older man, only to become a mother and a wife a short time after. BUT, since our society has so many laws that try to prevent things like this, we view it as "sick" or something similar. When you look at it, there are a lot of aspects about american culture that are much more protected than those of other countries, but you would have to travel to other places and experience these things for yourself in order to truly understand.
It's like this situation that just happened here. A circuit judge from another county in Wisconsin was having a relationship with one of his daughter's friends, a 16 year old girl. Now, the parents of the girl want him to get the book thrown at him for "deceiveing a teen" and using influence to sway her to have sex with him, after she stated that she made the initial moves. Anyway, the community is saying that she is too young and that she couldn't make such decisions for herself, which, to be honest if facking bullshit. Why? Because, when I was 16, I knew quite a bit about sex myself. I had already had beer, smoked a cigarette, and all that stuff. What I'm trying to say is that society today doesn't give these teens credit for knowing what they are doing.
Yet, it's ok to try and convict a 13 year old of murder, because "he knew what he was capable of, and he was aware of his intentions and the end result."
Yet, this 16 year old girl didn't know what she was doing, even by making the initial moves. Not that it is right, because it's not, but that's why our system is so facked up today. We will try a 13 year old as an adult for murder because he knew what he was doing, but a 16 year old girl caught in a relationship with an older man doesn't?
25 years for it? Hell, some people don't get that penalty for murder.
In all, the system sucks ass!
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