(Written by guest blogger Wendy Harlowe.)
I said I would write about substance abuse and adolescent sexuality, but I am amending that. I think there are plenty of people who use alcohol and drugs without abusing them (experimentation lies in this realm), but I think my opinions still stand.
Instances of rape (including date rape) are [...]
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alcohol and drugs and rape
Substance abuse and sexual abuse
Yesterday I spoke to a group of therapists at a residential treatment center for teenagers with substance abuse issues, the Phoenix House.
One of the teenagers who was doing really well in the program gave me a tour of the facilities. She told me, among other things, that most of the people were there voluntarily, but [...]
Genarlow Wilson and Underage Sex
I have written about Genarlow Wilson before. He’s the young Georgia man who was sentenced to 10 years without parole for having consensual oral sex at age 17 with a 15 year old. The Wikipedia page on Wilson tells his story in its entirety. Before I enumerate and lambaste the issues in [...]
Adolescent sex offenders Part 3: Legal issues
In case you missed the first or second part in this series, we are discussing the recent NY Times article on adolescent sex offenders. This is the last post in a three-part series.
The primary focus of the law as it relates to adolescent sex offenders is how to keep potential future victims safe. [...]
Adolescent sex offenders Part 2: Social and psychological implications
In case you missed the first part in this series, we are discussing the recent NY Times article on adolescent sex offenders. This is the second post in a three-part series.
Adolescent social, emotional, psychological, and cognitive development is quite rapid. Almost every aspect of an adolescent is, for those few years, almost always [...]
Adolescent sex offenders Part 1: Defining the issue
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. [...]
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 [...]
Abuse and it’s consequences
When I was a child and young adolescent, I had several very inappropriate experiences with significantly older youth and with men. This was pretty hurtful to me. I ended up acting out sexually, promiscuously. I think there was connection, but who knows? I was in the time period of drug, sex, [...]
Genarlow Wilson
The big front page news this week is about Genarlow Wilson. If you haven’t heard about him, here’s a re-cap via Wilson’s wikipedia page:
Wilson v. State was a court case involving an appeal from the conviction of African-American man Genarlow Wilson, a former honors student and high school football player, involving the controversial sodomy [...]
