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dickriculous
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I see no way, shape, or form that one horny guy who got his rocks off could possibly be more evil or more wrong than an entire social structure that has conspired for centuries to shame women into hating their sexuality so much that when something like this happens they look at themselves with disgust as if they just committed murder.
I don't think she looks at herself as if she had committed murder o.O. I have lived a very similar experience to her when I was her age, and I regret it. I don't feel disgusted at myself, I feel disgusted about what happened and most of all disgusted at the ADULT man that allowed it to happen. Nobody got hurt, but I do have psychological scars that are not (this is important) the result of society making me ashamed of my sexuality. I felt used, I scrubbed myself raw after seeing that man, I felt dirty, etc. It was the thought of him - an adult man whom I trusted and considered "above" me - touching me that gave me the creeps. I still get the creeps now just thinking about it. Ugh.
The truth is, at 17 one simply doesn't have the emotional experience or maturity to be able to know what they are getting into (sex with such an older and more experienced person), whether they are male or female doesn't matter.
I feel the same exact way about you with your older woman - I'm only 23 and I would never have sex (or do anything sexual at all) with an 18 year old kid. Not only because it would feel like I'm taking advantage of him, also because I'm genuinely not interested in having sex with a KID, when I can have a grown man. It's just creepy and messed up, imo.
Yes, society has a huge double standard when it comes to women's sexuality as opposed to men's (not only that, unfortunately). Of course I don't agree with it (as I've repeated numerous times, she is NOT a "slut" or anything morally despicable in any way - she just made a judgement error). But I know for a fact that her feelings aren't only a result of that double standard.
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On a final note, the more we demonize this guy for being a pervert, disgusting, indecent, etc. the more it will be in the back of OP's mind that she had voluntarily partaken in something disgusting, self-degrading, perverted, etc. and no amount of telling her "it's all his fault" is going to change that. Keep that in mind from now on when we do our hate spewing against him because you're not doing her as much of a favor as you think. Whether it's intentional or not, you're actually putting more guilt and more shame on her shoulders by doing this.
This may be so, but it's still the truth. I will just point out explicitly that it's not my intention to put more shame on her shoulders - just to say it as it is.
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A 17 y/o boy who sleeps with a woman in his 30s is a stud but a 17 y/o girl who sleeps with a man in his 30's is a victim?
As far as I'm concerned, they are both victims.
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I want to bring up another noteworthy point on that subject, about how you never hear anybody demonizing the cougar who has sex with a much younger man in the same way as they do with an older man having sex with a much younger woman. It's interesting to me because the consensus among most of the regulars here seems to be that double standards with regards to male vs female sexuality are for immature, ignorant, and insecure sexists. Or does this only apply to double standards against women? I can assume that my peers around here are above that kind of hypocrisy...right?
As long as the persons involved are all mature, consenting adults (key word), I see nothing inherently wrong with it in either case. I personally wouldn't want to date a guy much older than myself. I also consider men and women that date people with a big age difference from themselves to be weird at best. The rule is (your age/2)+7. Anything different from that is weird to me (NOT "morally wrong", as long as no-one is taking advantage of anyone else).
In this case though, we are talking about a KID. I do think it is wrong in every way for an adult to have sex with a kid.
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I'd be willing to place a bet that nobody there perceives a younger woman as a victim when she has sex with an older man, and thus the guilt, shame, and self loathing OP is currently experiencing would never have happened in those cultures.
Maybe a component of her negative feelings would disappear, but I assure you, some of them (the strongest ones) would remain. It's just the thought of someone that much more experienced than you touching your body and doing stuff that you don't even fully understand - ughh.
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To this day I haven't spent one second thinking anything negative of what I did and as far as I know neither has she.
Lucky you (non-sarcastically).