If this were our son...the father of the girl wouldn't have to worry....my husband would teach him a very valuable if not painful lesson
Posted on 09/22/2007 6:21:10 AM PDT by Jim Noble
WEARE – A father attacked his daughter's boyfriend last week after learning the boy had sex with the underage girl, police said.
It was about 1:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 10, when the man stormed onto the grounds of John J. Stark High School and beat up the 17-year-old from Henniker. School was just letting out, and many students witnessed the attack, said Detective Lou Chatel.
The boy suffered bruising and later received two stitches to his face.
The father was charged with simple assault, a Class B felony.
Police said the boy is dating the man's 15-year-old daughter.
The man discovered the two had had sex earlier that day, during school hours but not on school property, police said.
Under state law, a 15-year-old cannot consent to sex; therefore, police are investigating the allegation as a sexual assault.
The New Hampshire Union Leader has a policy of not identifying sexual assault victims. For that reason, the newspaper is not identifying the father.
Both students attend John Stark High School. The girl lives in Weare.
Chatel said there have been no arrests in the sex case, but he expects there will be.
It’s high school. They start at 7:15 in the morning and are out,usually around 1:30 or 2.
A 17 year old young man who's been schtupping a 15 year old girl is not a CHILD, and neither is she.
Apparently the high school has a policy that allows the kids to leave campus in the middle of the day to do whatever they want. Maybe the parents of the town ought to look into THAT practice, as well.
Minor is a better word.
Lol, I note the complete lack of interest in discussing the real life situation where the girl is the older and the boy under the age of consent. It happens.
If this situation were reversed, how many years do you think a seventeen year-old daughter should spend in prison?
And would you hunt down the fifteen year-old boy and beat him up?
Yes, and if it had been your son, wouldn't you want that opportunity?
Or would you want the girl's father to send him to the hospital first?
If it were my son, I'd expect him to face the music. He broke the law, he'd need to deal with the consequences. Of course, I'd also press charges of battery against the dad. If I'm going to teach respect for the law, I should teach respect for all of the law.
No one is saying they shouldn't DATE, but enforcing the law might just make them think twice before they start having sex, because starting sexual relationships so early will increase the possibility of doing real damage to their futures.
A heard a speaker once talk about the nature of men. He basically said that men can be either predators or protectors.
In this case the 17-year-old was the predator, and the father was the protctor.
If she's REALLY stupid, she will. If she gives it more than a couple of minute's thought, she might just see WHY her father did what he did. She may not like it, but she'll understand it, and maybe cut him some slack. If she gets some brains from the incident, she might even think about NOT falling for the 'if you love me you would', crap from her next boyfriend, and keep her legs shut tight.
Bad premise.
Boys aren't girls.
Okay, before I read the comments below as I just click in...my first reaction was....DOES NOT THIS GIRL HAVE A VOICE?
Aren’t we, if I understand this right, talking about a 17 year old boy and a 15 year old girl? Come on.
I’m just not at all clear why this man felt the need to beat up that boy for God’s sake. Not that he should beat up his daughter but by me you’re looking at a situation involving two fairly close in age adolescents and they both engaged in sex and they’re both stupid and dumb.
Now supposing that boy’s father beat up that girl for seducing his son?
I’m just saying....
Thank you Mr. 24.
For a while I thought it was just me.
Good point
I enjoyed your rant but I softly suggest....
...the boy was 17 years old and the girl was 15.
In some parts of the world this is a very typical adolescent age differentiation.
If she’s a child then that boy’s...an adult?
Ok. I can’t argue common sense.
“No one is saying they shouldn’t DATE, but enforcing the law might just make them think twice before they start having sex, because starting sexual relationships so early will increase the possibility of doing real damage to their futures.”
In consensual situations, age of consent laws seem never to be enforced unless a parent learns that their child is involved in teen sex. The kids aren’t exactly turning themselves in.
Age of consent laws are not the place to try to reduce teen sex. Do you really want large numbers of teens - male AND female - going to prison or facing some other penalty for what about 60% and more are doing before finishing high school? Find other ways to discourage teen sex. These laws are to protect teens for adults, not from each other, unless you get out to four and five years age difference.
We reminded them that when they turned 18, they were on their own and responsible for their own actions. The point was well taken.
Our daughter has learned that lesson well, too, and I believe, will handle herself well. She's off to college now, a sophomore. But she chose a small Catholic university that doesn't have co-ed dorms, and doesn't encourage a whole lot of hanging out in the dorm rooms between male and female students. The school's emphasis is RESPECT for each individual, and she likes the fact that both the young men and the young women take that idea to heart.
There you go injecting logic and common sense into the argument...
Your Daddy may have just been a mean SOB. I had a Granddaddy like that, or so my Daddy told me. There was nothing in the story about him having gone home and been abusive to the daughter; I’d think that would have been covered, because SOMEONE would know about it!
Well you’re doing a pretty good job of arguing common sense.
Kudos.
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