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Oh cmon. What damage? What suffering? Are you for real?
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Originally Posted by kidkaos2
You're wrong. Boys are harmed just as much, or more, than a girl in a similar situation would be at a similar age. The fact is that boys mature more slowly than girls and so the potential is there for a boy to suffer even more emotional damage than a girl would because with a lower maturity level the boy will be less equipped to deal with the situation. It's cultural expectations that say that a girl will be scarred for life while a boy will have a great time, but it's not reality. Boys need role models just as much as girls. Boys respect authority figures just as much as girls. Boys need to feel safe and secure with adults just as much as girls.
You're wrong. Boys are harmed just as much, or more, than a girl in a similar situation would be at a similar age. The fact is that boys mature more slowly than girls and so the potential is there for a boy to suffer even more emotional damage than a girl would because with a lower maturity level the boy will be less equipped to deal with the situation. It's cultural expectations that say that a girl will be scarred for life while a boy will have a great time, but it's not reality. Boys need role models just as much as girls. Boys respect authority figures just as much as girls. Boys need to feel safe and secure with adults just as much as girls.
Oh, please. Ask any sane straight man if he thought he would have been harmed with sex at 16.
You're wrong. Boys are harmed just as much, or more, than a girl in a similar situation would be at a similar age. The fact is that boys mature more slowly than girls and so the potential is there for a boy to suffer even more emotional damage than a girl would because with a lower maturity level the boy will be less equipped to deal with the situation. It's cultural expectations that say that a girl will be scarred for life while a boy will have a great time, but it's not reality. Boys need role models just as much as girls. Boys respect authority figures just as much as girls. Boys need to feel safe and secure with adults just as much as girls.
There's nothing inconsistent about feeling safe and secure with someone and having sex with them.
Some girls are harmed by sex at a young age, most aren't.
Some boys are harmed by sex at a young age, most aren't.
I guess the "give them condoms and let them have sex" crowd still have some hangups.
You can't cherry pick what is ok and what is not ok when trying to tear down the walls of what society viewed a taboo in the past.
I guess the "give them condoms and let them have sex" crowd still have some hangups.
You can't cherry pick what is ok and what is not ok when trying to tear down the walls of what society viewed a taboo in the past.
I agree, albeit from the opposite perspective.
Double standards are most definitely NOT ok. But sex is.
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