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Originally Posted by Fenrir
Maybe I'm getting over emotional here but an older woman could have very well taken advantage of a younger boy. He's of average intelligence and part of a football team- so what? He can still be taken advantage of. If you switched the genders here and said an epileptic man with an IQ of 63 took advantage of a 16 year old girl with an average intelligence on a sports team, people would believe it. How is it unbelievable that the boy here could have been taken advantage of? Abuse is abuse.   |
Abuse is abuse and an older woman could very well have taken advantage of a younger boy. I couldn't agree more and I wish more people held that belief system. I have volunteered with various organizations over the years promoting equality in this and related issues. Did you know that there are 21 states in which a woman has been convicted of rape and the boy was ordered to pay child support for the pregnancy that resulted from the attack? You are absolutely preaching to the choir on this one.
BUT, this is not such a case. I know you don't know the girl but she is legally mentally retarded. She can barely figure out how to do her laundry after seven years in prison - she did not mastermind the loss of this young man's innocence. Perhaps it was too much for me to accurately describe this person and expect that others could see the picture I was drawing - I am not a very good artist sometimes.