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- From: moh2@quads.uchicago.edu (Kateri/Mary Anne)
- Subject: Re: Adult women seducing male children
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.183430.29475@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: University of Chicago
- References: <1993Jan18.212936.8183@panix.com> <swemXB4w165w@shakala.com> <gfLD4Ty00Uh_I_JGYn@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 18:34:30 GMT
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- In article <gfLD4Ty00Uh_I_JGYn@andrew.cmu.edu> ad1x+@andrew.cmu.edu (Gerard Deckert) writes:
- >kestrel@shakala.com (Kelley James) writes:
-
- You asked for feedback...I agree completely with the below:
-
- > To sum things up, I am on principle opposed to any sort of age-based
- >restriction (and to arbitrary restrictions in general, but that's a
- >story for another time). The important restrictions involve
- >consensuality - an absolute must in _any_ situation, romantic or
- >otherwise. Instead of having laws protecting children from themselves,
- >or protecting children from adults, or even protecting adults from
- >children, emphasis must be placed on teaching children (and certain
- >adults!) about sex and its implications. They should be taught to
- >respect and admire their own bodies, so they learn to act responsibly,
- >and learn what consent is all about, and how to know when it is
- >appropriate - so they are capable of judging for themselves how they
- >wish to act, and with whom. The point is, despite what parents hope
- >for, children will have to (and want to ) make decisions about sex - the
- >best thing a parent can do is help the child to be ready to make an
- >intelligent decision. Children should not be hidden from the world -
- >they should be prepared for it.
-
- Which book is this from, anyway?
-
- >Today's random quote:
- >"The more you love, the more you can love - and the more intensely you
- >love. Nor is there any limit on how many you can love. If a person had
- >time enough, he could love all of that majority that are decent and
- >just."
- >
- > -Lazarus Long
-
- --
- We may affirm absolutely that nothing great in the world has ever been
- accomplished without passion.
-
- - George Hegel
-