Foreword
This particular piece was written by a very special friend of mine. We have attempted to submit it to both of the city papers that are published in our area but with unremarkable failure. Obviously the editors of both papers are more concerned with what their moral standpoints are versus a growing portion of the populous.
Any comments views etc on the following subject are welcome (both negative and positive) and will all be answered as time allows. Comments can be sent to fuzzywarmca@yahoo.ca
I am a 16 year old girl with a rather perplexing problem. I read in the papers or hear discussed, the many arrests of those individuals who are involved in cross generational relationships (or child pornography as "polite society" refers it). I find myself wondering if those in authority have ever stopped to ask the child his or her feelings on the subject. I highly doubt it, or society is instead dictating that you are incapable or using your brain until you reach the age of 18.
As a social science project I conducted a survey of 1800 teenagers in my own school and others both male and female, to find out a few disturbing facts. Of these, 86% said they had been involved in some kind of intercourse with partners, some with the opposite sex, and others with both. 67% of these people said the relations they had were unsatisfactory and/or painful. When asked, 92% admitted that they would have preferred their first partner to be older and more skilled to make that first time the special event it is supposed to be.
We have entered an age where people are becoming sexually active younger and younger but our laws do not reflect the change of views. Therefore those who are willing to take the chance are persecuted for it. I have a group of friends who want their first partner to be someone much older than themselves to give them the chance to have it good. But they don't know where to begin to look for it. Society has driven us to become criminals and to lurk in the shadows looking for something that should be perfectly normal.
I am not talking about the weirdo's who can only find gratification by assaulting the minds and persons of children...by those I mean the ones that have no clue as to their sexuality or haven't begun to develop my personal opinion is anything under the age of 12 is criminal. A person that young has no hope of dealing with all the emotional issues and baggage that can go along with it.
Myself...I am a criminal. I have made 2 others criminal as well by allowing them to guide me into my own burgeoning womanhood, either by thought or by deed. What is my crime? I chose to allow a beautiful woman in both spirit and body to show me what physical love could be. I also have a wonderful man who would absolutely love to initiate me into that half of this exciting world. The only reason this hasn't become a reality is due to distance. I know that would also be done with more respect and concern than any teenage boy fumbling around in the basement with parents upstairs or wherever.
I do not regret becoming a criminal, nor do the partners I have chosen... doesn't that say a bit for the change of the outdated archaic laws that exist today?