Pedophile is defined as someone who has a sexual interested in and/or has engaged in sexual acts with a prepubescent child. Prepubescence is defined as a child who has not yet developed secondary sexual characteristics. Female children can develop those characteristics as early as 8 (8-13) years old and the average is 10.5 years. (This…
Pedophile is defined as someone who has a sexual interested in and/or has engaged in sexual acts with a prepubescent child. Prepubescence is defined as a child who has not yet developed secondary sexual characteristics. Female children can develop those characteristics as early as 8 (8-13) years old and the average is 10.5 years. (This is probably why Inga referenced "8 years old") Male children can develop secondary sexual characteristics as early as 9 (9-14) years old, with the average being 11.5 years. I think we need to redefine the legal definition of pedophilia to make it age specific, not biologically specific. Because 8 - 14 year-olds are STILL vulnerable children, regardless of the state of their secondary sexual characteristic! The existing definition is absurdly applied and limited in protecting our children from predators.
In smaller communities, in earlier times, swifter, imperfect, cruder forms of justice prevailed. As communities have grown so has anonymity and unaccountability. Now in steps the justice system to "humanely" deal with the "problem". There's got to be a better way....
Pedophile is defined as someone who has a sexual interested in and/or has engaged in sexual acts with a prepubescent child. Prepubescence is defined as a child who has not yet developed secondary sexual characteristics. Female children can develop those characteristics as early as 8 (8-13) years old and the average is 10.5 years. (This is probably why Inga referenced "8 years old") Male children can develop secondary sexual characteristics as early as 9 (9-14) years old, with the average being 11.5 years. I think we need to redefine the legal definition of pedophilia to make it age specific, not biologically specific. Because 8 - 14 year-olds are STILL vulnerable children, regardless of the state of their secondary sexual characteristic! The existing definition is absurdly applied and limited in protecting our children from predators.
the selected age should be no younger than 14
In smaller communities, in earlier times, swifter, imperfect, cruder forms of justice prevailed. As communities have grown so has anonymity and unaccountability. Now in steps the justice system to "humanely" deal with the "problem". There's got to be a better way....