probe1957
Posted : 7/17/2006 12:11:23 PM
ORIGINAL: fuzzy_dogs_mom
Excellent question, Tina. Billy? Would your attitude be any different if it was your 13 yr. old daughter having sex with a male teacher instead of your 13 year old son? If so, why?
Joyce
I think it is an excellent question and yes, I think my attitude would be different.
Let me qualify myself by saying I have 3 sons and no daughters.
It is quite possible that, had something like this happened to one of my boys, I would have THOUGHT "attaboy," but I doubt I would have said it outloud. If I had a 13 year old daughter who had sex with her 29 year old teacher, I would probably be typing this from a prison somewhere.
Boys and girls are just different. For example, I can imagine that the 13 year old boy, in this case, is probably bragging of his "conquest" to all his friends. I can't imagine a 13 year old girl doing the same, no matter how "consensual" the sex was.
With boys, sex is more about "getting off." They don't need to form any kind of emotional connection for the experience to be good for them. Most boys would have absolutely no regrets about being in a situation like the one in the article. I don't think that would be the case with a girl.
I don't think a 13 year old child, no matter what gender, has the emotional maturity to be sexually active. It is just with boys, it really doesn't matter.