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Originally Posted by TumorAttitude
You guys all have excellent points.
The book IS about double standards, but its the double standard that girls are encouraged to "stay pure" and slutshamed if they don't. My local bookstore doesn't carry it, so I'ma have to wait for Amazon to ship it.
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definitely sounds like an interesting read. although from my perspective i see a lot of guys developing the 'purity' ideal as well. more and more guys don't want to be seen as the desperate guy who banged the town bicycle.
i think the bigger issue stems from the fact that a lot of young people see the loss of their virginity as a physical representation of their ascent into mental maturity and 'adulthood' as opposed to simply being biological maturation.
@ asshat - you're definitely on the mark about the stigma involved in these types of cases. however, in the examples i provided, the female 'victim' was distraught at the idea of being legally prohibited from seeing the teacher. SHE was showing up to court in tears and hoping to stay together.
while i do think it's creepy as hell, and i think the teacher (who was married with 2 kids) was a giant bag of crap. i still think it's blatant sexism when it comes to sentencing. flip the genders in case 1 and tell me there wouldn't be a lynch mob on the hunt for that teacher...