The notorious Lagwolf comments on another tale of ‘older woman’ syndrome and replies to his detractors
Giles Brandreth confesses a “Mrs Robinson” liaison as well in today’s Sunday Telegraph. He, like the boys in the recent UK case, bragged and got his seductress in trouble. Although he does wobble a bit at the end of the editorial, it is mostly positive towards this sort of liaison. Truth be told both cases say more about men and boys who are wont to brag, than they do about the evils of older women/younger men liaisons.
My first set of scribblings on the subject of “Mrs Robinson” caused one Samizdata reader to write in. She begins:
“Lagwolf’s writing really fails to deal with the problems in either case.”
There is little doubt that the humorous twist to my rant was entirely lost on this reader. She then goes on to state:
“Lagwolf addresses none of the somewhat serious issues that arise from what is a relatively silly case.”
Serious issues, excuse me please, but the case is about a couple of women ‘streakers’ who got caught and defended themselves. One can only hope the transcript to the trial gets released.
While it is rather disturbing that men risk prosecution for participation is this collegiate right-of-passage, this is still daft. What foolish policeman decided to prosecute these two young women? Surely he should have known that he would have come up a cropper, made an arse of himself, the law of the state and the State of Maine? It is possible Maine will follow a town called Locust, PA in the US which has outlawed anything sexual in a public place. (Thanks to Instapundit for this link.)
She then takes me to task for my “its good for the boys” comment about the recent case in the UK (see above). She gives me a right drubbing for making light of the issue. Entirely ignoring my points in praise of older women liaisons, the second paragraph reads like it was written by a pressure group that has decided there is no difference between boys and girls.
The email continues:
“Should we likewise be encouraging young boys to have sex with men? Or young women to be having sex with older men? Or younger women with older women? If so, why? If not, why not?”
I make it clear in my post that I believe it is a good thing for young men to loose their virginity to slightly older women, but not for girls. The Daily Telegraph agrees with me on the grounds that boys can’t get pregnant, need to be “interested” to perform and generally stronger than women. In other words, it is impossible for a older woman to rape a teenage boy. It is possible, despite what some pressure groups say to address a particular issue, by itself.
It is worth keeping in mind that it is only in the “enlightened” West that anyone even suggests that a 14 year old is a “child.” It was appalling to see The Independent calling for the Canadian teacher to be charged with paedophile.
I never set to write an expose on all types of underage sex. It is a shame that some readers can’t take humour for it’s worth. I wasn’t dealing with problems, I was making fun of uptight puritanical types who see everything in black and white. The letter in response makes the post even more apt.
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