| I agree, Sunny. There's a big difference between a 18 year old boy and a 16 year old girl, both consenting, who sleep together on their prom night, and a 32 year old man that wants to sleep with a 12 year old.
I think a 5+ year age difference in children under 17 should be considered a sexual offense. I mean, what would a guy 20 years old want with a 15 year old other than sex, and if it is something more than that, then they can wait until she turns 16, which I think if you're old enough to drive a car, you're old enough to decide if you want to have sex, though, that being said, I feel like a 40 year old with a 16 year old probably has an element of sexual abuse because the relationship is probably built on manipulation. Those people should be identified, because, as a potential parent someday, I want the opportunity to protect my children.
However, I also think that if a sexual offender has gone 10 years without committing a single offense or violating the terms of his/her parole, then their privacy should be restored in the public realm, but police should still be allowed to check up on registered sex offenders, they should still have to register if they move, their address should still have to be on file, everything like that. I think people truly do make mistakes, a lot of people that commit sex offenses can get psychological help and not commit them again, so it depends. It's a really big difference, as was said before, between two teenagers and a man that has an obsession with small girls or boys. |