posted on Aug, 18 2008 @ 06:00 PM
I am SOOOOO in love with this topic I can't contain myself.
I am working on my main interview for my dissertation in Psychology. The topic is why does pedophilia and ephebophilia occur. I have taken a slightly
different route because I wanted to ask lay people who weren't psychologists their honest opinion. After a couple hundred interviews, here is what I
have noticed thus far. First a caution...
I do NOT in any way condone dating underage girls and I have not tainted these responses whatsoever.
The point is these answers are not my own. I have my own ideas about it but a good scientist will leave his opinions out and not coerce that of
others.
Now then to the answers. These are generally thrown together as an average of all the answers combined but I have to say that while I wouldn't
partake in dating a girl too young, be her legal or not, these answers have enlightened me quite a bit on the reason this sort of thing happens.
1. Biology. As an animal procreation is natural. We want to pass our own line along as much as possible. The question becomes who will you be more
siccessful with: a girl who is 20 or a woman who is 40?
2. Evolution. Now don't get excited I am not saying we descend from apes here I am speaking of evolution of the mind. 200-300 years ago it was the
norm for girls to marry and engage in sex as young as 12-13. This wasn't just accepted it was the typical practice. What we did now was change the
rules to say 17-18 (depending on where you live). The thing is, several respondents didn't believe the mind has had enough time to change and evolve
it's thinking to realize the socially acceptable norm is 18 and older.
3. Psychology. As a matter of generalisation it is seen that women want stability and security. Who will she get that security with: a 19 year old boy
just out of high school or the 40 year old man who has a well-established career and can care for her? On the opposite end guys tend to look for
youthfulness and fertility in their partner so who will he find these qualities in more: the 20 year old or the 40 year old woman?
4. Sociology. We have grown together as a species in this world and a culture in this and other countries. One thing to be noticed is how much earlier
girls are maturing. Some in the interview cited the hormones in the meat we consume. Others said the dairy and such. Have you ever seen a younger girl
or boy and thought, wow he/she is mature only to find out they are still a teen?
5. Environment. Look at what we have grown into these days. We idolize ou current 'sex symbols' very young. One respondent said, "Look at the Miley
Cyrus incident in Vanity Fair. Her popularity is astounding and suddenly she is showing an intense amount of skin and hanging on this hunk of a man so
is it any wonder where emulation comes to pass and why we see 14 year old's dancing on youtube in nothing but underwear?"
6. Guidance. One respondent summed this section up quite well for the others when he said, "Just look at how parents are letting these kids dress
these days. It's sad to see them walk out of the house in a bikini top and hip hugger jeans." He also claims to have seen a young girl he knew to be
about 12 wearing a belly chain that rested over her backside which said 'Playboy'.
This again were not my words and have not been tainted. I do believe dating too young is terrible but this sure gave me a good jumping off point for
understanding what goes on in this world. I think it is natural for guys to look too low for their age.
An interesting side note. Part of my interview asks during the trial if the respondent were the judge AND jury what would the sentence be for a 40
year old man having sex with a 13 year old girl where the 13 year old wanted to perform. The average answer came to 17 years in jail.
On the other hand the average sentence for a 40 yeard old woman having 'consentual' sex with a 13 year old boy was 2 years.
Ok so now for my personal feelings. I see something TERIBLY wrong with those numbers. Why if a guy has sex with 20 women he is a hero and the girl who
has sex with 20 guys is a whore? To keep on topic why is it that an older woman who has sex with a young boy is a victim and the boy is 'lucky' and
the older man sleeping with a young girl is a perv while the young girl is a victim?
The thing is to me both the young boy AND the young girl are victims and the older man AND older woman are criminals. We wan equality in this country
then we need to step it up BIG time.
Well...I think that's all I have for now.
-Kyo