(October 2, 2014 at 2:52 pm)Bibliofagus Wrote:(October 2, 2014 at 2:40 pm)Chas Wrote: I'm sure that some may be depending on the 'therapist'.
I don't agree with that law.
The law was there. And it came from culture. A culture that was willing and - pretending- to 'guide' these kids into 'doing the right thing'.
And when push came to shove. There were two options: take care of the kids and find out how empty the promises of help were... Or leave the kid to the orphanage. Which is totally not done in holland.
Some of these women were guided into being fucked. And thats just the legal results of the people wanting this. There was also pressure directly towards these girls.
Do these things matter when making fair laws? Do they need to be taken into consideration?
Yes, of course. Laws are the product of the society, at least in democracies.
Laws can be changed, societies can be changed. No society is perfect; no society pleases everyone.
There are laws I don't like and if I dislike them enough I work to change them.
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