rh@mit-eddie.UUCP (Randy Haskins) (01/16/84)
Well, in one of the recent issues of Playboy (somewhere from November to January, I don't remember which one.), they had a few letters in the Forum or somesuch about heterosexual cross-generation sex. I think the Playboy editors said it very elegantly when they noted something to the effect of: "Except for a very few cases, we feel that anyone who thinks that he/she has the best interests of the youth at heart has a dangerously enlarged bullshit gland." (Sorry for the naughty word, but it drives home the point.) Why do you think the don't let kids vote? Why do you think kids shouldn't get married at 14? Why are a lot of things restricted from younger people? They DON'T have the experience to handle it. I was 18 the first time I had sex, and I sure as hell didn't understand all the implications involved. I think I understand most of them now, but I'm sure I have a lot to learn. A couple of years ago, I slept with someone 17 years older than me, and there was a considerable generation gap. Yes, I've also slept with someone as much as 3-1/2 years younger than me (she was 17, and another girlfriend was 17 at one point when we were sleeping together), so maybe I should be in prison, too. There are limits, however, and there are some 17-year-olds that I would not have slept with because I feel they were nowhere near understanding what they were doing. Of course, if I felt that the ones I did sleep with were able to, then maybe my BS gland was too big. I suppose it's a tough thing to decide on, but forming an organization to condone the activity is not the answer. I'm not saying I'm ashamed of having slept with someone who was probably uncapable of a clear decision in the matter; but it's not something that people should make a point of or try to do. I've done a lot of things that I sort of wish I hadn't done, and I'm not going to go out of my way to do again. -- Randwulf (Randy Haskins); Path= genrad!mit-eddie!rh