Reminder: Dershowitz wants to legalize sex with 14-year-olds

[bluedye33139]

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As he tries to shake off the fact that he was mentioned 86 times in the Maxwell documents released today, it's helpful to remember that he has always been pushing for the right to bang children.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

1. How could I forget........

[50 Shades Of Blue]

2. He is a sick ticket.

[jpak]

3. Why didn't Harvard fire his ass for this?

Creepo

Yup

[smirkymonkey]

9. That's what I would like to know.

What a creep. He's so disgusting. He probably advocates for this because no cognizant adult woman would ever touch him. He's just a repulsive looking man.

[uponit7771]

13. +1

[Fiendish Thingy]

4. Age of consent and statutory rape are two different issues

Age of consent can include minors consenting to have sex with each other, minors and young adults (17yo w 18yo boyfriend), whereas statutory rape laws take into consideration the power dynamic an older adult holds over a minor.

[bluedye33139]

6. Yep, and that's why he argues for discarding the statutory rape concept

while lowering the age of consent to 14.

His argument is that if a 60-year-old man has consensual sex with a 14-year-old, the concept of statutory rape should not be used.

He's crafty.

[qazplm135]

7. I mean they are related

Half the states don't have a "Romeo and Juliet" law so an 18 year old can in fact be charged with statutory rape in many states for having sex with a 17 year old if the AOC is 18 for example.

I think we should decide as a nation a universal AOC as the variations from 18 to 17 to 16 don't really make sense.

I also am not really in favor of Romeo and Juliet laws. Either they can consent or not. Why should it matter if the partner is only a year or two older? If they can't consent, they can't consent. Period.

How do you solve that? You could lower the age to say 17 or 16, which is the age in many states. 14 is definitely too young.

I'm also not sure the power dynamic between a 40 year old man is any less with an 18 year old girl than a 17 year old girl.

I get it. Teenagers have sex. We, as a society, really don't want a string of 18 and 17 year old boys being registered sex offenders and rapists because they have sex with a high school classmate who is a year or two younger. Particularly when our, quite frankly sexist, societal preference has women "preferring" older partners. It's ingrained.

But at the same time, if we think a 16 year old can't consent, it shouldn't matter that she couldn't consent with an 18 year old or a 40 year old. If you want to address the difference, it's more properly done in sentencing, make it a misdemeanor with no sex offender registration for example if you are within x number of years in age.

[dchill]

5. All of which is irrelevant... He kept his underpants on!

[unblock]

8. bizarre logic. 16 year old can consent to abortion, so 14 year old should be able to consent to sex?

i mean i get that he's searching for a way to justify what he wants to do, but you'd think he'd be able to come up with something better than that....

[wellst0nev0ter]

10. He's since aged it up to 16

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[keithbvadu2]

11. Supported by Trump and Roy Moore

Supported by Trump and Roy Moore

[Blue Owl]

12. Well there's a sick fuck thought piece

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