The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #86665   Message #1615222
Posted By: dianavan
28-Nov-05 - 02:07 AM
Thread Name: BS: Gary Glitter
Subject: RE: BS: Gary Glitter
Mike and Kendo-

What would I know? I live in the relatively civilized, Pacific Coast of America. The only time I have ever read about women and boys are a couple of cases of high school teachers and their students. One was imprisoned and the other was on house arrest. Both, of course, lost their careers and the respect of family and friends. In both cases, the sex was consensual. An abuse of power for sure, but definitely consensual.

As to the British(?)examples, all I can say is I'm shocked.

I'm also shocked that in both examples, it was never reported to a trustworthy adult or brought to court. If it had been, I'm sure justice would have been swift.      

But ya gotta admit, its rare for women to tried for sexual assault of children and I don't know any women who likes child porn. There is, on the other hand, a very high incidence of men who like child porn.

Yes, we need a solution to a problem that is getting bigger every day. So far, we haven't found a cure for pedophaelia.

A special kind of prison, perhaps? I think its kind of hard to keep them with the regular prison population because they don't last too long. They definitely need to be watched but at the same time I think we should house them humanely. I think of it as a mental health issue. Who knows?