America's Unjust Sex Laws

http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=14165460

An interesting read. Basically sex offender laws become more and more draconian as politicians keep creating more sex laws to gain public appeal and votes and nobody votes against them for fear of looking like they support paedophiles. Here's an example of absurd lawmaking gone wrong:

"Janet Allison was found guilty of being "party to the crime of child molestation" because she let her 15-year-old daughter have sex with a boyfriend. The young couple later married. But Ms Allison will spend the rest of her life publicly branded as a sex offender."

People are so neurotic about sex in this country that I doubt anybody soon will have the guts to fight these kind of laws. I'm all for putting away actual rapists and paedophiles but charging someone for peeing outside or an 18 year old who has sex with his 16 year old girlfriend gets in the way of finding the real offenders.

jazznate

No kidding. Labeled as a sex offender for peeing outside? Also, prostitution needs to be legal.Engrish_Major

The law is created to keep adults from preying on minors. It may not be perfect but it's better than no law.LJS9502_basic

Have fun with your yellowjackets. I'm going to drown my sorrows in a beer.

LJS9502_basic

[QUOTE="Engrish_Major"][QUOTE="Xx_Hopless_xX"]

Still...get a real job...i find them to be one of the most pathetic beings to exist..selling their bodies because they're too lazy to look for a real job..it's not that hard to pick up a newspaper even and look..MCdonald's is always looking for employees yes?

dsmccracken

quite honestly i think they turn to prostitution because they have to. They problably are not employable people to begin with. I doubt anyone really chooses to be a hooker; I think the occupation chooses the person.

Thats not to say they are forced into it.

I am just saying they likely, finally found something where they can make a lot of money and theyre good at it. I guarentee you theyve tried (and failed at) dozens of jobs before coming across prostitution.