August 30, 2011
5. Newblog2011: 08/30/11 Some reasons why sexual abuse of babies and children is always sexual abuse
Someone who has sex with a baby is having sex with a human being who can’t walk or talk. A baby doesn’t know who you are. A baby doesn’t know what a baby is, or what people are; a baby is incapable of anything like conscious thought.
Then there’s the physical damage inflicted on a baby by the act of intercourse, and by other sexual acts.
I suppose that maybe there have been people who have been trying to justify child molestation by saying that not all sexual abuse is sexual abuse, that if you are giving physical pleasure to a baby or a child, then it’s a learning process and a gift. That is not true. Unmolested babies and children will grow soon enough to an age at which they will ask questions about sex. When they’re ready to ask those questions or show signs of curiosity, those questions and signs should be answered verbally, in a responsible and informed way.
Not least of the issue is that children don’t have anything like the legal rights that adults have. How, then, can anyone justify sexual activity with children?
I can’t believe that I have to explain this. I cannot believe that any of this is happening. I don’t even have more than a 2-year college degree; why isn’t all of this self-explanatory to people who have much more than that level of education?
Copyright L. Kochman, August 30, 2011 @ 4:10 p.m.
5. Newblog2011: 08/30/11 Some reasons why sexual abuse of babies and children is always sexual abuse
Someone who has sex with a baby is having sex with a human being who can’t walk or talk. A baby doesn’t know who you are. A baby doesn’t know what a baby is, or what people are; a baby is incapable of anything like conscious thought.
Then there’s the physical damage inflicted on a baby by the act of intercourse, and by other sexual acts.
I suppose that maybe there have been people who have been trying to justify child molestation by saying that not all sexual abuse is sexual abuse, that if you are giving physical pleasure to a baby or a child, then it’s a learning process and a gift. That is not true. Unmolested babies and children will grow soon enough to an age at which they will ask questions about sex. When they’re ready to ask those questions or show signs of curiosity, those questions and signs should be answered verbally, in a responsible and informed way.
Not least of the issue is that children don’t have anything like the legal rights that adults have. How, then, can anyone justify sexual activity with children?
I can’t believe that I have to explain this. I cannot believe that any of this is happening. I don’t even have more than a 2-year college degree; why isn’t all of this self-explanatory to people who have much more than that level of education?
Copyright L. Kochman, August 30, 2011 @ 4:10 p.m.