The Age of Consent

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Did anyone else see that?

I've got to hand it to John Stossel, I haven't saw a sexist piece in some time but that really took the cake. I was livid.

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[ilovecats]

Didn't see it.Can you give more info?I usually like him.

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Well at first I liked it and then I got to thinking

The first story was about teenage (17/18 yr old) boys being wrongfully placed on the sex offender list for having CONSENTUAL sex with their underage partners (some as young as 13/14)- stossel was all they shouldn't have to go through this. Isn't this unfair to place them next to people who prey on our children?

The next story was about female teachers sleeping with under age students ~ they did wrong and are on the list as they should be.

Then it was about these 2 stupid women ~ one who advocates anyone on the sex offender list should be there because they broke the law (and stossel was all but what about the 18 year old boy sleeping with his 16 year old girlfriend, shouldn't he be removed since the sex was consentual) to which the woman (who I admit was an igit) said no they shouldn't they broke the law & she goes out in the neighborhood letting her neighbors know who's on the list.
and the other woman was the opposite of this woman - wanting to ban the sex offender list and she came off as a total igit too.

Finally it just struck me as so sexist - they didn't have one story about perverted men who really do prey on our kids all the men shown were 17year old "victims" and the woman - idiots or teachers abusing their power.

So sexists, be ashamed stossel be ashamed.

[ilovecats]

Maybe he was just turning things around?Like usually when you think of sex offenders you Do picture dirty old men raping 13 yr olds.A lot of people(guys)joke about the female teachers,saying they wish they had a teacher like that.I didn't see the show but I am just thinking how ridiculous it is that an 18 yr old could be considered a sexual offender for having sex w/a 16 or 17 yr old.But everyone seems to think a 30 yr old woman is cool for giving it to a teenager?

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Oh yea and the very last couple was one that had a girl & a boy child and the boy got to do whatever he wanted, hardly any questions asked & the girl got grilled for every little thing.
And they tell her it's because she's so impressionable & the girl agreed with her parent's reasoning.

Unfair? Sexist? I think so!

[ladybugva]

I didn't see it. I know from the commercial he was talking about trying to talk about how in America we have what seems like a double standard.

I have said the same thing about the sex offender list. While 18 w/ 16 is illegal it's very different than 33 and 12. Some sights break down their offense a little.