"minor" gender
Wednesday, February 13, 2008 (8:20 PM)
for some reason, we were talking about statutory rape today and it came across my mind why is it that when a 15 year old boy and a 15 year old girl performs sexual acts, the former is charged with having sex with a minor and not the latter when both are minors. nevermind if this is an accurate understanding of the law here but when posed this question, a camp mate of mine answered without missing a beat, "because girls are the minor gender."
i'm supposing that by "minor", he meant the weaker or disadvantaged. but if we go by the rationale of statutory rape, it seems to assume that the "minor" is incapable of making sound decisions even if this minor is a so-called "willing party". this then, appears to suggest the opinion that the female gender is less than their male counterpart. at least i can safely assume that this particular camp mate thinks so.
this is not just a form of sexism that is prevalent in himself but it is apparent that, this is what we are made to suppose. when we try to make sense of things that we don't understand, things like that pop up. it was only until much later that statutory rape can be charged upon an adult female who has sex with a boy under the "legal" age.
now this is not an entry of an irrational gynocentric. this is fair. i'm not a feminist i reiterate. just trying to be fair.
speaking of camp, i can't help but do yet another countdown. 123 days and half of which has passed. 60 days remaining. barely 40 work days. i can do it. OHS!