Why was I never so lucky?

Niall001 · Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:48 am Post subject:

Evelyn, I changed the age to 14 because it makes the situation a little less gray, but there have been cases similar to the one Chris posted about that involved 14 year olds and younger, so it's not irrelevant.

You're correct that homophobia probably plays a role in the male-male scenario, but what I find interesting is that even those liberals who would vote the "right" way on matters like gay marriage, would probably have a similar reaction to their openly homophobic counterparts in the male-male scenario.

But even if it were possible to remove homophobia from the scenarios, the sex of the teacher and the sex of the student would both play important roles. It seems to be assumed that the female in all of these scenarios is more fragile and less likely to be predatory. The males are assumed to stronger and more likely to be predatory. What I find remarkable is that this seems to be the case in spite of the fact that we generally recognise that teenage females are both physically and mentally more mature than males.

As for my gender, I am androgynous. I hope you find this knowledge of use Wink

Constance963 · Intern Joined: 20 Nov 2007 Posts: 165 Gender:

Hi Niall,

Your scenerios are thought provoking and I agree with your order. The male with male would probably be the most publicly outraged because I think to a lot of people it's still the most shocking. Even though homosexuals are more out in the open in this day and age, homophobia is still so present in soceity.

I also find the double standard interesting for a male teacher with a female student versus a female teacher with a male student. You are correct, we were always taught in health class in school that girls mature faster than boys, both physically and mentally. So with this assumption, taking a boy and a girl of the same age, the girl supposedly would be the most mature (I'm sure not in every case). But yet we are more outraged about the victimized young girl. Psychologically do we have a need to think of girls as more pure and innocent or less sexual at that age than boys? Or is it just a gender difference that we assume girls are being taken advantage of while boys are gaining "experience"?

Just wondering what others thoughts are on this subject. I don't have children yet so I don't know how I would feel but I hope I would feel outraged no matter what the sex of my child.

Mr. Pessimistic · Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 6:56 pm Post subject:

Constance963 · Intern Joined: 20 Nov 2007 Posts: 165 Gender:

Mr. Pessimistic · Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:02 pm Post subject:

jales4 · Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:08 am Post subject:

Chris OConnor · Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:35 am Post subject:

I agree with you. Most males would feel lucky and rather proud to have been selected by an older female for a sexual liaison. Males view it as an accomplishment and an indication of their desirability, while women tend to live their whole lives fending off the advances of oh-so-horny males. An older male pursuing a younger female is viewed as a prey / predator relationship.

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Niall001 · Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 2:37 pm Post subject:


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