Phenia wrote:Derscon wrote:The simple fact of the matter is that the only thing traumatizing children when they have sexual contact with an adult is the people telling the child that something they enjoyed is wrong and that they're supposed to be damaged, plus the demonization of someone that they liked and trusted.
Therefore I challenge that it is not the "sex offender" that is harming the children, but you.
Ah, the 'children enjoy it, so it's not child rape' argument. How challenging.
So many sexual predators spew this exact same justification myth, that their victims "enjoyed" it. But I guess that's why you chose to troll with it, because you know how much it angers people who make the mistake of thinking you're less than 100% bullshit.
Your clearly emotional argument conditioned into you, as if children enjoying sexual pleasure is some sort of pathology, is clouding your ability to see reason. This isn't surprising, what with the hyperbole and propaganda (admittedly, on all sides) spewed forth. Experiencing sexual pleasure is not a pathology in a child, and a child desiring or being curious about it is not "bad" or dangerous. It is healthy, and quite frankly, should be encouraged. The fact is, a healthy, compassionate, and encouraging attitude towards sexual/sensual education (and I don't mean formal classes, either) - one that
doesn't force them into thinking that sexual pleasure is wrong for them to experience - will create far more responsible children.
Am I saying that there is no abuse? Of course not. But rape is rape no matter what age it is, and ages don't make rape any less abhorrent. Alas, rape is not the issue here. What
is the issue is that we seem to think that children either cannot or should not be able to enjoy sexual pleasure, which is not only
not true, but
extremely dangerous. I don't have a link on hand, but I know Bruce Rind of Temple published a study in the APA's Psychological Bulletin back in...1997 I think? Or 98, I don't remember...basically saying that - surprise - not all minors say that the sexual experience is traumatizing. And frankly, what would you be more traumatized at: having an orgasm, or having your parents freak the fuck out at a level unheard of?
Do we label that all sex with 18 year old girls is rape? All 21 year olds? ALL 16 year olds? No, of course not, and I say we shouldn't label that
ALL - that EVERY SINGLE CASE - of a child experiencing sexual/sensual stimulation is abuse/rape. Now, in the case of the forty-year-old and the six year old, is it
likely that there is some sort of coercion/abuse? I would say yes, but likely =/= definitely.
Again, I don't mean in any way to diminish the tragedy and emotional destruction that sexual abuse causes, but at the same time, I
must urge caution in this unthought conditioned response to go on a beserking rage any time "sex" and "child" are mentioned in the same sentence.