Wondering

[delwynmarch]

Magpie wrote:
> What I find interesting is that being attracted to teenagers seems 
> totally acceptable when it comes to teenaged girls.

Del replies:
Well, there are centuries of social acceptance behind that attitude.
Granted it's been now a good couple of centuries in Western countries
that girls of 14 or 15 are not routinely married off anymore, but this
was very usual for centuries before that. And it still shows in most
Western countries' laws: even in the USA, it is possible for teen
girls of those ages to get married in most states, under certain legal
conditions (consent of the parents, things like that). In France, the
legal age to get married is 15 for girls if I'm not mistaken. And most
of the time, the age for boys is significantly older...

> 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 think so too, but I think it would have more to do with the mental
aspect of the thing, ie. having sex with someone who is still very
much a child in their head, than with the strictly physical aspect of
it. JMO obviously.

Del