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In reply to the discussion: Why the "My bad sex wasn't rape" editorial is so utterly, utterly vile. [View all]ljm2002
(10,751 posts)...I really couldn't have done it because it angered me too much.
It's not that I don't want to hear conflicting views on things. Certainly in many societies historically, girls of 15 are considered to be of age. Certainly we are sexual beings and sexual desires begin long before we are legally of age. There are many complications, and the "close in age" laws are meant to address some of this complexity, and that is overall a good thing IMO.
But this person clearly has boundary issues. The fact that Salon would run this piece is infuriating. Let her put it on her blog if she has one; but to give it the imprimatur of a respected magazine, good grief. It surely does muddy the waters when we discuss issues of sexuality and rape.
She seems to be one of those contrarians, who will take extreme positions just to see if it will make people's heads explode. If that was her aim, it certainly worked on me.