There was an article in the New York Times Magazine on July 22nd about adolescent sex offenders. The article primarily focused on the relevant psychological/developmental issues and how they relate to recidivism rates and the changing legal landscape. I will discuss this article over three posts this week, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. [...]
Archives for August, 2007
Adolescent sexuality in the movies
I saw Hairspray last night. It was good, campy fun. I was really struck by the innocence of the dating relationships. When compared to American Pie and the dreadful genre of movies it has inspired, Hairspray was a delightful return to the fumbling, romantic interest many teenagers experience.
I am not saying that some [...]
Rape, pornography, and adolescent sexuality
I am currently working on several posts about the seedier side of sexuality. The first is about the recent article in the New York Times Magazine about adolescent sex offenders. (To be clear, these are teenagers or pre-teenagers who have engaged in sexual behavior with children who are at least two years younger [...]
Cartoon, additional comments
There have been a few additional comments to the cartoon I posted earlier this morning. I re-watched the cartoon, and I agree with the comments - that it contained really inappropriate sexual behavior by one of the characters (the mother). So I’ve deleted it. I’ve found another, shorter clip, that includes only [...]
Abstinence-only funding increased…by the democrats
While I was on vacation the House “democrats” voted to INCREASE funding for abstinence-only-before-marriage sex education. I’m outraged that anything this outrageous could have happened while I was gone!
To drive my point home, let’s review. Here is the legal definition of a program that meets the requirements of “abstinence-only”:
Have as its exclusive purpose [...]
