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egbertowillies

(4,058 posts)
Sat Sep 22, 2018, 05:01 PM Sep 2018

I'm a Doctor for Teenagers. Attempted Rape Is Not a Normal Part of Teen Behavior.

As a pediatrician, a parent, and a person, I know that sexual assault is not a normal part of adolescent behavior. It is never normal behavior to violate another person’s body at any age under any circumstance. The normalization of sexual assault perpetuates rape culture and there are dangerous health consequences for victims, perpetrators, and for the public at large.


https://egbertowillies.com/2018/09/22/attempted-rape-teen-behavior/
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I'm a Doctor for Teenagers. Attempted Rape Is Not a Normal Part of Teen Behavior. (Original Post) egbertowillies Sep 2018 OP
.............apparently unless you are a redumbliCON. democratisphere Sep 2018 #1
No shit, Sherlock... regnaD kciN Sep 2018 #2

regnaD kciN

(26,045 posts)
2. No shit, Sherlock...
Sat Sep 22, 2018, 05:18 PM
Sep 2018

Look, I know that there can be testing of boundaries in the intimate interactions of teen couples, and there was certainly more in my era, when there wasn’t such an emphasis on consent needing to be explicit and verbal. There were certainly times where one party (usually the boy) wanted to “go farther” and the other party had to make it clear that it wasn’t going to be allowed. But there’s a world of difference between that and two guys grabbing a girl they barely knew, “corralling” her into a locked room, and holding her down while trying to strip her. There would be no question, even in those days before #metoo consciousness, that that was a clear-cut attempt at rape and the perpetrators deserved to be locked up. And, believe me, they wouldn’t have gotten a slap on the wrist back then.

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