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Girl's suicide reveals a larger problem

By "eAdvocate"

Social or Societal Homicide, this is clearly the result of lawmakers laws, and the failure to make laws, because they are afraid of losing their jobs. We see this far too often in sex offense cases, nationally. 11-15-2010 Michigan: The response has been overwhelming -- from parents, students, attorneys, and I fear, victims. The case of a 14-year-old girl who had sex with an 18-year-old boy from her high school and later called it, alternately, rape or a wish to lose her virginity, has brought front and center the Michigan law that makes it illegal for teenagers to have sex. That is the law. Repeat: It is illegal for young teenagers to have sex. Problem is, parents don't teach it. And sometimes, prosecutors don't buy it. And since our entire social culture right now treats sex like grabbing an ice cream cone, we have lost sight of what this is doing to our children...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on November 15, 2010 (boomark / email).