Sex from Planck's Constant Archives

Teens caught `sexting` face porn charges

Posted on March 19, 2009 11:45 AM

Parents listen to a seminar conducted by Connecticut State Police cybercrimes unit

I have written previously that one of the problems in this country is that our prosecutors are running amuck, looking to criminalize the most harmless of actions.

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Prosecutors Waste Time on Teenage Sex

Posted on February 20, 2009 03:02 PM

Sheboygan girl, 17, charged for allegedly having sex with boy, 14

Last month in Wisconsin a 17-year-old Sheboygan girl was charged with misdemeanor sexual assault for having sex with her 14-year-old boyfriend. I read the article to see if she gave the young boy a roofie or had whacked him on the head with a shovel or some such, but no, it appears she had sex with the young man at least a dozen times, so no violence was involoved; how is this a crime? And why are prosecutors even wasting time trying to meddle in the sexual affairs of teenagers?

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There are Two Kinds of Female Predator

Posted on February 11, 2009 03:21 PM

For more than 10,000 years on this planet teenage men have had sex without guilt or shame. However, in America, we consider it wrong if a young man engages in sex before the age of 16. I think it is morally wrong if a boy does not have sex before that age. Certainly most of the violence in the world can be explained by men who have not had enough nookie. Indeed, the large number of unwed mothers, the obscene number of women who are abused, the frustration of so many young men, all point to a society badly in need of a attitude adjustment regarding sex.

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The Absurdity of Sex Offender Registries

Posted on November 26, 2008 03:13 PM

You're a single dad traveling on vacation in Maine with your 9 year old daughter Megan when she tells you she has to wee. You pull over at a public rest stop and Megan goes in alone; she's too old for you to take her into the men's room and too young to be away from your view, so you sit on a bench outside keeping an eye on the door making sure no one absconds with her.