Man Pleads Guilty in Molestation of 8-Year-Old

[Vyce 0]

It has been held again and again and again, ad nauseum, that minors under the age of consent - and it varies from state to state, but NONE, obviously, would go so low as eight years old - are not capable of giving informed consent to sexual activity.

 

Psychologists are with the courts on this.

 

I don't care if she says she enjoyed it - an eight year old girl is not fully capable of fully understanding what sex (or in this case, pregnancy) fully is or understand that they were victimized.

 

Arguing otherwise gives credence and credibility to the beliefs of perverts like those found in NAMBLA.

[Guest stardust]

But could it be that those "scars" and "issues" are really caused by the bad social stigma society attaches to such an event?

No. The scars and issues will come later once she realizes that she was completely emotionally, physically and mentally betrayed by a man that she should have been able to trust, and who she obviously saw as a father figure considering the fact that she called him "Daddy."

 

The social stigma, as you call it, is an unfortunate occurance in rape and molestation cases, which often keeps most girls and women from ever saying anything about it for fear they'll be stigmatized in some way, or because in a lot of cases they feel like it's their fault to begin with (when it isn't at all).

 

Anyway, you made some good points.  Now what if the girl in question wasn't 8 years old but was instead 13 or 14 years old?  Surely a girl of that age understands it as she would have already gone through sexual education classes.  At that age, most boys have already started looking at pornographic materials.  So what about an age of 13 and 14?  Should it be legal then?

 

At the age of 13 or 14, yes, you've gone through sex ed courses and may be physically ready to have sex, but I highly doubt there are many 13 or 14 year olds out there that are emotionally and mentally ready for sex. Yes, they know what they're doing when they go into it, but I don't think they're old enough or mature enough to understand the possible repercussions. Yes, that's a general blanket statement, and there are always exceptions to the rule, but in general, I still don't think 13 or 14 year olds really know what they're doing when it comes to sex, simply because it can have a lot of emotional repercussions.