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Originally posted by lovelyivy84
I think that blaming a CHILD for thinking and acting like a CHILD is kind of pointless.
You have a real point here- where were these girls parents? Why were they not raised to value themselves and their bodies? Why on earth would you let a fourteen year old walk around butt nekkid?
But at the same time, I think you are blaming those girls, and that is unfair. They are CHILDREN. The responsibility for acting with restraint and care lies with the ADULT men.
I don't care how big her chest is, the moment a fourteen or fifteen year old open their mouth, you know that they are not full-grown, mature adults. Their thoughts and attitudes are mostly immature and/or unformed and you can SEE that. Any man who says he did not is lying, or has blinded himself to his own moral culpability in the situation.
It is up to grown ass people to act like it, and sometimes that means taking RESPONSIBILITY for the harm that you do, no matter how many millions of records you have sold.
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It all dependes. Now while talking to a 14 year old may be obvious. If a child is btwn 16 and 17, maybe 15 and has a body and LOOKS grown, it may be hard to tell how old they really are. I work in an adolescent clinic for ages 12-24 and I have been wrong on several occasions on both ends. There are some 20 year olds who I swore were in their teens based on body type AND the way they talked. Conversation is not always a good indicator. I am sure some of you know some teens that when they open their mouth you think, they are very mature for their age. These are usually the ones who can pass for being older.
And I said it before, the young girls (boys if applicable) and their parents should undergo some type of counseling/education as part of the whole outcome of the trial. Just b/c you want to press charges against this man for "violating" your daughter, remember she did spread her legs.
(I had to be blunt). Some girls will only get "involved" with older men. What will you teach them, or will just get mad at the 22 year old man who got your 16 year old pregnant, b/c this is an everyday occurance.