Roman Polanski free

That was a serious no-no in the eyes of Americans only in some places, not in Hollywood.

I think that the whole issue of sex was a serious no-no but the seriousness was expressed, if you will, by hiding it from as many people as possible. Sure there was talk of jail bait, but the police weren't very serious about it because legislators weren't very serious about it because society wasn't very serious about it

Oberman notes that the emergence of feminism heavily influenced changes to statutory rape laws. The laws went largely unchanged until the end of the 19th century, when feminists sought to increase the age of consent to protect young women from potentially coercive relationships. As a result of these efforts, the average age of consent was raised from 12 to 18 years old.

In the 1970’s, second wave feminists began to challenge the underlying principles of statutory rape laws. Although they recognized the importance of protecting vulnerable minors from coercive and exploitative sexual relationships, they wanted to ensure that the laws did not unduly restrict the sexual autonomy of young women. In addition, there was a strong push to make the laws gender-neutral.

In the late twentieth century, feminists themselves became troubled by this apparent inconsistency, and many voiced concern that statutory rape laws amounted to state repression of female sexuality.(70) This concern, among others, led feminists in the 1970s to oppose gender-based statutory rape laws, arguing that they perpetuated offensive gender stereotypes and restricted the sexual autonomy of young women.(71)

This feminist "about-face" reflected the influence of the late 1960's and early 1970's sexual liberation movement, which coincided with the fledgling women's liberation movement, and gave the era's activists, including its feminists, a decidedly "pro-sek" character.(72) In 1966, William Masters and Virginia Johnson published The Human Sexual Response, which was widely popularized, and marked a dramatic change in the depiction of female sexuality.(73) With its emphasis on women's capacity for sexual gratification through clitoral stimulation, the book endorsed a new vision of sex. In their insightful study of the sexual revolution, Barbara Ehrenreich, Elizabeth Hess, and Gloria Jacobs reflect on the fusion of these two movements. "Masters and Johnson potentially offered a new social meaning for sex, one that was more consistent with women's emerging sense of independence."(74) The sexual revolution of the 1960s and 1970s was premised largely upon a belief that sex was inherently good, that nothing about sex hurts, and that women's sexuality was fundamentally like men's sexuality.

Victims should have a place to go like they do now, either an NGO or the Emergency room. Part of the intake should be the question "do you want law enforcement notified?" If the answer is yes then the cops come, find out what the deal is, put the victim in protective custody if need be till they make the case against the perp, and then nail the perp to the wall if he/she is guilty.

No. You are asking the victim to opt in

It is time for legal closure--in a California courtroom, with Polanski present.

Yes, and for reasons you've already received from others.

It can be expected that the New wave of feminist effort to downgrade Stat Rape as a criminal offense had happened by 1977 in California. Furthermore, it is likely that the behaviour of the people of that state conformed to the new ideal, in this case free love where the young where not penalized for who they wanted sexually.

This was the setting for this crime, which is a completely different environment than is the land of the current mob of angry anti sex anti young people's rights folks who want Polanski's head.

Ya know what? I'm not even going to bother.

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I hope Hawk gets foisted on his petard.

You seem to be very confused.....my position is that Polanski was guilty of a crime, and that he should have been punished if the girls parents desired it, which they did. The agreed upon plea bargain was signed off on by everyone and sounds about right for the time and considering the facts of the case as we know them.

If you are going to criticized me please at least be adult enough to go off of what I have maintained as my position all along. This wide eye claim that I approve of rape and adults having sex with 13 years old can not be documented with my words.

What?

None of this matters. A person who is thirteen lacks adult judgement, and thus is without informed consent.

I could posit that people of 22 lack adult judgement, but so far no good. Or that people of 57 d0. But thirteen, there is much data on that. No matter if she was a molded fox. A pliable thirteen is, to me, a victim, no matter if she just gets along.

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Yes, and for reasons you've already received from others.

Yes, this helping of the poor unfortunates at the expense of every single persons individual freedom has gotten ugly, and once is starts it always gets worse until people wise up. I dont figure I will live long enough to see America get rebuilt.