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Originally posted by TLAW
So what if they "spread their legs"? So would a 2yr-old. I know that is extreme, but the responsibility lies with the adult male. Period. As a man, I have a responsibility to ensure that I am not taking advantage of a child. If I cannot be sure of whom I am sleeping with, then I need to keep my pants on. It is ridiculous to remove blame from who and where it is due.
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I totally agree with you. R. Kelly and others like him must understand that age isn't simply a number...but that as adults, there is some shouldering that must be done. Adult men and women have to carry the burden of girls and boys and help guide them along the way toward morally based and intellectually driven decisions.
I've approached this topic today from a standpoint of R. Kelly is wrong. He placed an adult decision in child hands and that is something that he should not have done under ANY circumstances.
However, how can we push the dialogue further? Do we keep talking about this gross wrong, or do we use it as a catalyst for other discussion?
This brings me back to my question, what are WE going to do (assuming that like me, you have an Afro or God-centric world view that the problems of girls and boys is a WE issue)?
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