History of Feminism
In reply to the discussion: really, how creepy for a progressive board group of men to ask.. how young of a girl can we lust [View all]LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)I am of course, discounting any brain which may be hard-wired from birth to see a pre-pubescent as an object of lust/desire simply because I have no knowledge of whether that is in fact, a reality of our birth or a result of our environment or both. But I didn't make that as an implication in the post of mine your responded to.
"I think most males react to 13 year old girls..."
I'm not sure if that is the case or not. I certainly don't react to, for all intents and purposes, any female who appears to be young; whether that is through (again) habit, environment and/or brain-wiring I don't pretend to know. All things being equal though, a thirteen year old female doesn't really even register on my radar in regards to arousal or sexual stimulation. And I don't think I'm a minority.
You implied you've dealt with sexually dangerous men, and I imagine that may have colored your perception of how men see women to some extent...? I was a Texas Child protective Caseworker for a few years (any longer than that, and I would have turned to the drink), and have realized since that my years there *did* alter my perceptions of people as a whole- for many years after that, having dealt with some very Bad Parents & Adults, I would tend to default to a position of automatic distrust of adults as a whole; and see even the most benign punishment of a child as a leading indicator of potential abuse.