Re: 13 year old girl says 'I consented'
You are definitely an exception. When I was around that age my best friend started getting messed with by our 24 year old neighbor. She was 13, naive, VERY low on self esteem, and probably just wanted someone to love her. She was definitely not in charge of her own sexuality. It was pretty sad to watch. Years later, he's on trail for doing the same shit with his daughter.
I agree with Medusa and the last bit of your post about not condoning this behavior; as adults, we can't possibly know what level a 13 year old is on sexually. Any adult who will have sex with a sexually aware 13 year old will also molest one. I think it's sick behavior on the part of the adult no matter what the case.
I'm glad that your early experiences were not damaging to you, but the adults who had sex with you were pretty messed up. You were the exception. Most of the kids they had sex with probably weren't, and I'm sure it screwed many of them up. Adults shouldn't be messing with kids. They simply shouldn't.
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I think the point is more that the average adult tends to be much more capable of understanding sexuality than the average 13 year old. It's not that 13 year olds never have sex drives or are curious about sex, it's the context of the situation. A kid masturbating is not being taken advantage of. A kid being sexually touched by an adult is probably being taken advantage of.
Originally posted by Ophidia
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I agree with Medusa and the last bit of your post about not condoning this behavior; as adults, we can't possibly know what level a 13 year old is on sexually. Any adult who will have sex with a sexually aware 13 year old will also molest one. I think it's sick behavior on the part of the adult no matter what the case.
I'm glad that your early experiences were not damaging to you, but the adults who had sex with you were pretty messed up. You were the exception. Most of the kids they had sex with probably weren't, and I'm sure it screwed many of them up. Adults shouldn't be messing with kids. They simply shouldn't.
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Originally posted by Rae'ya
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