Something to ponder...

I really don't know what made me think of this, but I wanted to share with you a quick thought.

Why is it that if a 13 year old boy is molested by a man, everyone insists on tougher laws for sexual predators and demand that the perp be brought to justice, and yet when that same 13 year old boy is molested by a good looking female teacher, the boy is idolized???

Don't get me wrong, from a simplistic view it is easy to think that that 13 year old boy is a hero, but for crying out loud, would you want that to be your son??? And if a 13 year old boy is a hero for shaggin' an older teacher or mentor, why isn't the same respect put on a 13 year old girl who falls victim to an older man???

Our society is so ingrained on all things sexual that very quickly a scary double standard starts to apply. A predator is a predator. Someone who preys on young children should be punished. It should not matter the sex of either the predator or the victim, rather the crime itself.

Would guys across the country be envious of a 13 year old boy who is abused by a man??? Why then do they salute the child when it is a woman doing the abusing???

I think this is a serious flaw in our thought process as a country that would allow such an obvious double standard to apply. Makes me think of the book/movie by John Grisham, A TIme to Kill. In that book, a little black girl is raped by white men, and all the people can see is the color of skin. In the closing arguments, the lawyer asks the jury to close their eyes and paints for them a visual picture of the crime. His very last comment is, "...now imagine the girl is white."

Same thought here, when a 13 year old boy is molested by an older woman, change the context and imagine the predator was a man instead of a woman, and watch how quickly your feelings change.

Is that 13 year old kid still your hero???

Makes you think, doesn't it?

For now, take care...