RE: Sexual Orientation
July 30, 2014 at 1:38 pm
(This post was last modified: July 30, 2014 at 1:41 pm by StealthySkeptic.)
Again, if an authoritative source has evidence for its positions, then it's a citation, not an appeal to authority. I personally am not an expert in psychology. If you want to know why pedophilia is listed in the DSM-5 as a paraphilia if it is suppressed and as a disorder if it is acted upon, then ask any psychologist.
Also, what are these mystical and in your previous posts undefined "external factors" exactly? You can't just go around dismissing scientific studies conducted by a respected psychological organization or people affiliated with it because of "external factors." ESPECIALLY when we know that pedophiles such as many Catholic priests have raped and sexually abused children before while claiming "love" so you better have a damn high amount of evidence for changing the legal and psychological definitions.
When you had sex at the age of 10 (with another 10 year old, I would hope!), did you know what a sexually transmitted disease was? Or how exactly you could get pregnant? Or was it just about knowing what body parts were private? You can explain all these things to a kid without them putting themselves at risk when their brain is far from being finished developing, and when they could be affected by traumatic memories for the rest of their lives if they're touched inappropriately by a teacher or other adult they trust and are afraid to tell on lest they be punished. If it was legal for adults to have sex with little kids, then they could also make them say that they consented and nobody would be able to punish molesters.
Heck, I'm fine with sex education as young as 5 like they do in Sweden, but it should stay as information in the classroom and not field experience so to speak. Parents should not be letting their kids run around and get down with other adults because they do get hurt because of it and they can get into this without understanding. That you don't understand this basic concept is gobsmacking to me. I also hope when you said you would "teach" your daughter about sex if she begged for it, that you were not talking about a kid that you actually have. And as someone said before, 18, 19, 20 year olds in general have far more ability to understand consequences with regard to sex than we give them credit for, and the highest rates of teen pregnancy are in those areas where teens DO NOT have comprehensive sex education.
Tell me, if you have evidence for your position- what is this "game theory" that you'd try to implement with regards to the age of legal consent? And how could you possibly make a case to any civilized government to be all for it?!
Also, what are these mystical and in your previous posts undefined "external factors" exactly? You can't just go around dismissing scientific studies conducted by a respected psychological organization or people affiliated with it because of "external factors." ESPECIALLY when we know that pedophiles such as many Catholic priests have raped and sexually abused children before while claiming "love" so you better have a damn high amount of evidence for changing the legal and psychological definitions.
When you had sex at the age of 10 (with another 10 year old, I would hope!), did you know what a sexually transmitted disease was? Or how exactly you could get pregnant? Or was it just about knowing what body parts were private? You can explain all these things to a kid without them putting themselves at risk when their brain is far from being finished developing, and when they could be affected by traumatic memories for the rest of their lives if they're touched inappropriately by a teacher or other adult they trust and are afraid to tell on lest they be punished. If it was legal for adults to have sex with little kids, then they could also make them say that they consented and nobody would be able to punish molesters.
Heck, I'm fine with sex education as young as 5 like they do in Sweden, but it should stay as information in the classroom and not field experience so to speak. Parents should not be letting their kids run around and get down with other adults because they do get hurt because of it and they can get into this without understanding. That you don't understand this basic concept is gobsmacking to me. I also hope when you said you would "teach" your daughter about sex if she begged for it, that you were not talking about a kid that you actually have. And as someone said before, 18, 19, 20 year olds in general have far more ability to understand consequences with regard to sex than we give them credit for, and the highest rates of teen pregnancy are in those areas where teens DO NOT have comprehensive sex education.
Tell me, if you have evidence for your position- what is this "game theory" that you'd try to implement with regards to the age of legal consent? And how could you possibly make a case to any civilized government to be all for it?!
Luke: You don't believe in the Force, do you?
Han Solo: Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, and I've seen a lot of strange stuff, but I've never seen *anything* to make me believe that there's one all-powerful Force controlling everything. 'Cause no mystical energy field controls *my* destiny. It's all a lot of simple tricks and nonsense.
Han Solo: Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, and I've seen a lot of strange stuff, but I've never seen *anything* to make me believe that there's one all-powerful Force controlling everything. 'Cause no mystical energy field controls *my* destiny. It's all a lot of simple tricks and nonsense.
