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]Moonwalk
(2,322 posts)I never said a five year old did anything to inspire lust. I never said, for that matter that a teenager or adult woman did anything either.
You really need to pay attention.
See, when hormones (lust) are in control, people feel that the object of their lust is offering sex. The question is, ARE THEY? And, alas for us who are lusting, most of the time they are not. The screaming teen girls at a boy band concert feel as if those boys are offering them sex. But those boys aren't. They couldn't be offering sex to each and every fan.
Likewise, the very nice looking lady jogging in a form-fitting outfit is not inviting any man to have sex with her. But men, experiencing that stirring of lust, may feel that she is. For that matter, the stripper gyrating at the pole is giving out the invite to have sex to all the men looking at her. That doesn't mean she really wants to have sex with any of them.
And there-in lies the difference in what we can and cannot control. Our feelings we may not be able to control. But whether we act on them is controllable. The question asked here is by someone who doesn't want to control them. "What age girl can I feel lust for?" he asks, which translates to "when can I see a girl who makes me feel lustful as inviting me to have sex with her...?" The pedophile and the rapist both want to think that the child/woman invited them to have sex.
But we who do not think in such twisted ways know that certain people make us feel lust, but that it not usually their intention. So we can't assume it's an invite to anything. And, of course, we know that no child can or will ever invite anyone to have sex. And so are always off the table no matter what feelings an adult may have towards them.
I hope that was clear enough for you.