Choosing your words
Submitted by Mark on 2002-08-18 22:37:56, Sunday
In reply to Brief introduction submitted by Huckleberry on 2002-08-14 23:09:06, Wednesday
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Welcome to CBF, Huckleberry. It's important to hear each others' views. Here's my view on what you said about sexual contact. It's one thing to say that it is unethical or immoral, and it's another to call it "molestation." Calling it "molestation" implies it is (almost) always harmful, which contradicts the research (at least in the case of teens who want sexual contact). It also prevents discussion of the issue by implying that anyone who disagrees with you is a "molester." But it's certainly valid to argue that sexual contact is wrong because of Christian principals, or unethical because the age/power difference increases the potential of exploitation. It would also be good to clarify what you mean by child--that is, whether you consider adolescents to be children, since their emotional make-up and and sexuality are rather different from those of pre-pubescent children. Mark |
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