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In reply to the discussion: 11-Year-Old Boy Impregnates Friend’s Mom [View all]KitSileya
(4,035 posts)I hope a case like this would get more men to join women in their fight for equal rights - patriarchy is, at times, just as harsh towards men as towards women, and this idea that boys are supposed to be happy that they get raped by older women is a very definite part of patriarchy. It's seen as an early blooding, as it were a manhood test in a hunter gatherer society, when in reality it is rape, and pedophilia, and child abuse, and needs to be harshly punished. These days an 11-year old might have entered puberty physically, but he is still very much a child, and our laws recognize that by refusing to let him drive, drink, vote, and sign contracts. It follows that he is then too young to have sex. Men need to challenge their own culture that says that this is positive - women are doing it with internalized misogyny and cultural expectations. there's no reason why men shouldn't do the same.