Wondering

[sistermagpie]

Del:
> I disagree. An adult falling in love or being attracted to, say, a
> fully-formed 16yo is not perversion: it's Nature. Youth, 
especially in
> females, is one of the main components of sexual attractiveness.
> Puberty is Nature's way of saying "this one is physically ready for
> reproduction" and thus implicitely for sex. Just because our modern
> Western society recognises that being ready for sex includes more 
than
> just being physically ready, doesn't mean that those who react the 
way
> Nature intends them to, by being attracted to people who are
> physically ready for sex, no matter their age, are perverts. 

Magpie:
What I find interesting is that being attracted to teenagers seems 
totally acceptable when it comes to teenaged girls. I mean, it's not 
considered okay to have sex with them necessarily--hence the 
terms "jailbait" etc., but I've heard plenty of straight guys on TV 
or the radio or whatever talk about wanting to have sex with 
underaged girls. Obviously I don't mean to suggest that your average 
guy would not see anything wrong with being attracted to a 16-year-
old--I think most would. I'm just pointing out that there is a 
certain attitude about it that is common enough to be recognizable 
and joked about and it doesn't seem immediately associated with a 
problem with the man in question. On the contrary, it seems 
unfortunately like it's an extension of certain views about women. 
(Sexist views, imo.)

-m