Drrobotniks posted... Also said it wasn't a big deal unless the gender roles were swapped, kinda yikes
What I had said is that people don't care because its an older woman with a much younger boy. Our cultures across the world clearly view boys as being capable of handling a man's world from the time they can do any physical labor while the same cultures also view girls as fragile, weak, and "flowers" for as long as possible. (The age of consent laws in Mississippi come to mind).
It is very much a new thing in the past ~15 years that some sects of society have started to protect boy's innocence. Many people from the US come from European descent where we know that for hundreds/thousands of years their societies were set in such a way that:
-Boys were put to work as young as 5, and thus entering their time as a "man".
-Girls worked too, but were more sheltered as "pieces" that could be traded in marriages and then their only expected role was to be a baby factory and mother
It's been thousands of years and the way our lives are lived are relatively unchanged:
-Boys are expected to man up and face the world
-Girls are largely expected to be mothers, caregivers, and have their life basically chosen for them
How does this all play back into today? People don't care about Boys experiencing sexual trauma because their feelings don't matter
People care a lot about what happens to girls because God forbid they're sexually assaulted they're viewed as "dirty/tainted" or "damaged/not valuable".
But even in spite of these general ideas, barely any of the rape kits that are submitted lead to a conviction because people in power are disgusting and wish to protect their world view.
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I've grown.