To: derllak
Damage is relative...some people are more emotionally sensitive than others...yes, I believe boys can be damaged. I doubt you will find any man on this board (at least one who is honest with himself) who wouldn't have jumped at the opportunity when he was 17 and who wouldn't have suffered any "damage" whatsover . . . .
Guys are different. It's a biological thing. Get over it.
81 posted on
09/19/2006 10:53:07 AM PDT by
King of Florida
(A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.)
To: King of Florida
a. We've had a few brave souls post on these threads to talk about the damage done to them. One of the reasons it's greater for males are the attitudes expressed on these threads.
Sorta what women used to hear 30 years ago about "if you're raped, just lay back and enjoy it". If they say it was bad, then they're damned for not being a 'man'.
b. I personally know men who've had it happen, and yes, they're scared.
c. My profession is full of trainwrecks of both genders who were created by adults who didn't understand legal or moral sexual boundaries between adults in power/authority and those in their care.
88 posted on
09/19/2006 10:57:43 AM PDT by
najida
(The internet is for kids grown up-- Where else could you have 10,000 imaginary friends?)
To: King of Florida
Guys are different. It's a biological thing. Get over it. I'd say it is a societal thing. It's that whole virgin thing -- which nowdays is mostly illusion.
103 posted on
09/19/2006 11:08:31 AM PDT by
Dracian
To: King of Florida
"I doubt you will find any man on this board (at least one who is honest with himself) who wouldn't have jumped at the opportunity when he was 17"
You'd be wrong. I was sexually active at 17, and one time I was approached by a married woman in her late 20's. She was very attractive. I was shocked by that, and turned her down flat. That doesn't mean that I wasn't having lots of fun with the girls in my high school. I just wasn't attracted to women of her age.
Such stuff happens a lot more frequently that you'd think. A lot of 17 year old kids would say no to a late 20's woman. Heck, my mom was only 37 when I was 17.
To: King of Florida
I doubt you will find any man on this board (at least one who is honest with himself) who wouldn't have jumped at the opportunity when he was 17 and who wouldn't have suffered any "damage" whatsover . . . .
That's true - I would have, and so would many 17 year old girls if an attractive male 29 year old came on to them. It's not about the actions of the guy in this case, however - it's about the actions of the 29 year old teacher and the fact that she received a much lighter sentence than a man would have.
Guys are different. It's a biological thing. Get over it.
Since it's not just a biological thing but also a legal thing, it's not something to just get over.
To: King of Florida
...I doubt you will find any man on this board (at least one who is honest with himself) who wouldn't have jumped at the opportunity...Found one!
140 posted on
09/19/2006 1:32:44 PM PDT by
DaveyB
(Ignorance is part of the human condition - atheism makes it permanent!)
To: King of Florida
I doubt you will find any man on this board (at least one who is honest with himself) who wouldn't have jumped at the opportunity when he was 17 and who wouldn't have suffered any "damage" whatsoever . . . . Count me in. I'm 38 and would jump at the opportunity now!
165 posted on
09/19/2006 7:54:51 PM PDT by
HitmanLV
("If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking until you do succeed." - Jerry 'Curly' Howard)
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