The Talk! Uni parents.

Guest101

baby_lemonade wrote: »

To make a serious point, sexual assault is much more of a problem on university campuses now than it was in our day, so if I was going to give any kind of pep talk it would be to boys, about the need for respecting other people, and for consent being the minimum (not the maximum) you should be after.

Access to the internet has given kids a pretty warped idea of what sex and relationships should be like.

What a load of... Sorry but no.

The vast majority to not commit any type of assault. Those that do aren't going to listen to a talk.

Guest101

missbiggles1 wrote: »

I wouldn't call that common sense, I don't think law breaking should ever be condoned. Turning a blind eye to underage sexual activity by children of a similar age just blurs the boundaries of what is acceptable and leaves young girls in particul more open to things like grooming by older teens and adults.

After all, the law is in place to protect children.

Normally we agree so on this occasion I think it might be best to agree to disagree?

Guest101

Can we just quickly point out that a handful of bloke being inappropriate with many women is not confined, but equally does not make it an epidemic amongst men to assault anyone.

The fact remains that the vast majority of people are never ever accused of any kind of assault. Whilst statistics are thrown around that 1 in 5 women will be sexually harassed at some point, that does not mean 1 in 5 men are responsible.

missbiggles1

Guest101 wrote: »

Normally we agree so on this occasion I think it might be best to agree to disagree?

Agreed....

OldMotherTucker

Guest101 wrote: »

Granted, but is there anything wrong with teenagers exploring physical relationships?

Often we say age is but a number, sex is coveted by many an 'adult' on a Friday night looking for a hook up, but two teens who are consenting to experiment and experience are looked down upon.

The police show common sense in such cases, why can't everyone else

t's like playing with dynamite:eek::eek:

Trust me! - I'm the mother of a lovely boy who got into a lot of trouble for sleeping with his underage girlfriend - dealing with the Police and Child services was far more reassuring than the reactions and assumptions from people who knew half the story.

If you added their ages together and divided by two, they would have been a consenting couple - statistically speaking;):rotfl:

OldMotherTucker

OldMotherTucker wrote: »

t's like playing with dynamite:eek::eek:

Trust me! - I'm the mother of a lovely boy who got into a lot of trouble for sleeping with his underage girlfriend - dealing with the Police and Child services was far more reassuring than the reactions and assumptions from people who knew half the story.

If you added their ages together and divided by two, they would have been a consenting couple - statistically speaking;):rotfl:

Anyway the legal age has past . .

Guest101

OldMotherTucker wrote: »

t's like playing with dynamite:eek::eek:

Trust me! - I'm the mother of a lovely boy who got into a lot of trouble for sleeping with his underage girlfriend - dealing with the Police and Child services was far more reassuring than the reactions and assumptions from people who knew half the story.

If you added their ages together and divided by two, they would have been a consenting couple - statistically speaking;):rotfl:

Are you based across the pond?

I know that in the uk the police will not be targeting 13/14 year olds

OldMotherTucker

Guest101 wrote: »

Are you based across the pond?

I know that in the uk the police will not be targeting 13/14 year olds

I'm from Cornwall but coincidently this isn't the first lad in the family to have had an underage girlfriend - and one was in Lala land - rather than physical threats of revenge - they faced being sued by her family:eek::eek: And for another of the nephews - her parents booked them into a little hotel for her 16th Birthday . . they still waited a bit longer though.:T

It's been a 'thing' with our boys:eek::eek:

Guest101

OldMotherTucker wrote: »

I'm from Cornwall but coincidently this isn't the first lad in the family to have had an underage girlfriend - and one was in Lala land - rather than physical threats of revenge - they faced being sued by her family:eek::eek: And for another of the nephews - her parents booked them into a little hotel for her 16th Birthday . . they still waited a bit longer though.:T

It's been a 'thing' with our boys:eek::eek:

Just asked as child services is an Americanism.

I just don't see the problem if we're talking about teenagers of similar ages.

The half your age + 7 rule seems fairly accurate.

ViolaLass

Guest101 wrote: »

Just asked as child services is an Americanism.

I just don't see the problem if we're talking about teenagers of similar ages.

The half your age + 7 rule seems fairly accurate.

But if the children were legal on average (the poster earlier talked about adding their ages together and dividing by 2) and one of them was 13 then the other was 19! That's distinctly not OK.