Roy Orbison married a 15-year-old girl. Elvis began dating Priscilla when she was 14. Jerry Lee Lewis married a 13-year-old girl. Jack Kerouac wrote openly of preferring prostitutes who were between 14 and 15 years of age.
Jared Fogel is going to go to prison for having sex with a 17-year-old.
It’s just strange to me how the same act can range from acceptable to criminal.
... I think that Jared did a little more than that...
ReplyDeleteSometimes behavior has trouble catching up to society... and when it comes to women, treating them as equals has been hard coming... and when it comes to children, who are powerless, the social stigmas and some beliefs have had a hard time with laws and cultural norms...