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Subject: RE: [OM] Courage
From: andrew fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 20:38:32 +1000
Strewth!
You wouldn't want to be gay in the states, would you?! (And I thought Mike
Moore was exaggerating!)
A few thoughts on this very silly exchange -
As a senior high schoolteacher, I deal with a lot of 16 year old girls.
It's not really age related. I've met some very predatory 15 year olds and
some very naive 18 year olds. I've also met a lot of parents with very
strange ideas ranging from total denial of their child's sexuality through
to an approach to an attractive Phys. Ed. teacher by a parent trying to
organise a positive first sexual experience for her daughter. He declined
gracefully like the true professional he is but dined out on the story for
years. Perhaps I can sell the idea to a scriptwriter for Boston Public - or
have they already used it? I should point out hastily at this point that I
find the average 16yo schoolgirl to be about as attractive as a rainy day
in Vladivostok (and yes, I've seen that).
The only risque pic I've seen of a 16yo girl lately was taken by another
16yo girl - it involved bra, panties, ropes and stakes! Taken with a
Pentax, so I'll have to deny list members a look. The joys of being a
photography teacher - as I say about this job frequently, "Life is full of
little landmines - they blow up in your face when you least expect them."
The girls were quite open about what they were doing but utterly naive
about consequences - I had to warn them not to leave wet prints lying
around in case they got stolen by male students - and then I had to
carefully explain why they might steal them. They were quite startled that
they might be used in this way. I think it's this uneven moral and social
development that causes some of the problems.
Trouble is that the sequence of photographs is really very good. And the
Principal keeps asking if I've got anything that could go in the School
Magazine. It's soooo tempting! Instant professional suicide. Wonderful
ethical conflict.
AndrewF
ps. Oben - going too far! Stop it, Now.
pps. Item in today's paper claims that 900f males with erectile
disfunction who get no satisfaction from Viagra are smokers. Quit now!





>In the USA you'll find it to be a matter of State law, not US Federal law;
>see here (which happens also to include Canada):
>
>http://teenadvice.about.com/library/weekly/qanda/blageofconsentchart.htm
>
>What's interesting is the dichotomy in law regarding those over the age of
>*majority* (universally 18 in the USA, unless I've missed something
>somewhere) involved with those over the age of consent but under the age of
>majority. Statutory rape laws may apply in those situations.
>
>---
>Scott Gomez



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