Thursday, July 5, 2007

Regarding To Catch a Predator (Thoughts after the marathon on MSNBC)

I am so tired of all of the complaints aimed at the "pedophiles" Chris Hansen catches because of this show. Much of it is unwarranted, and I will explain why:

Pedophilia is when adults are attracted to PRE-PUBESCENT children; Those who have not reached adolescence.

People who are attracted to teenagers who have gone through puberty and are no longer technically children are hebephiles.

It does make a difference. Hebephiles are usually not "preying" on anyone. A lot of the time, it's the older person in that arrangement that is being manipulated, and Perverted Justice has been taken to task many times for their questionable tactics.

Just answer this: If hottie Lindsey Lohan was coming on to you when she was 16 years old (Remember how she looked then? Before the cocaine?) and offered to fuck you, making it very clear that she's sexually active and sexually aware--- Wouldn't you at least be tempted? Would you consider being sexually attracted to her when she was that age "abnormal" or "sick"?

Apparently, nobody thought it was abnormal or sick, considering how they marketed her to audiences.

And it's not. She was a sexually mature adolescent, well past puberty, and she was clearly not an innocent lamb who would be the 'victim' if she flirted with an older guy.

I'm not defending kiddie-diddlers! ACTUAL pedophiles should be locked up and castrated as far as I'm concerned. I'm saying that being attracted to a sexually-aware teenager is completely different, and far less mentally unhealthy, than being attracted to pre-pubescent children. That's why the states can't seem to agree on their arbitrary Age of Consent. In one state it might be 12, and in another it's 18. It's ridiculous.

For the record, I lost my virginity at 15, to a 19-year-old. She lost hers when she was 14, to an 18-year-old. I have girlfriends who lost their virginity at 13, to guys in their late teens or even early 20s. None of them felt victimized. As a male, I certainly didn't feel victimized when I lost mine at 15, and harbor no ill will against the woman who took it.

Teenagers have sex, and people want to have sex with teenagers. It's human biology. I think Perverted Justice needs to drop the age of their decoy by about three to five years if they want to be taken seriously, and I really wish people would stop using the word "pedophile" to describe someone being attracted to a girl with breasts, curves, pubes, and a period. Poor taste or bad judgment-- Yes. Evil kiddie diddlers? No.

That being said, I wouldn't fool around with any teenagers because they'd be less than half my age, and they're really, really fucking annoying. Who wants a girlfriend who can't shut up, has serious hormonal imbalance and emotional issues, and has the attention span of a housefly? No thanks.

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