Another example of double-standards applied to similar cases

Submitted by anthony on Sun, 2009-01-11 22:19

Story here. Excerpt:

'A 17-year-old Sheboygan girl was charged Thursday with misdemeanor sexual assault for allegedly having sex with her 14-year-old boyfriend.
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Guthrie admitted having sex with the boy between 10 and 15 times, according to a complaint charging her with fourth-degree sexual assault. She faces a maximum of nine months in jail, if convicted.
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On Wednesday, Alan J. Jensen, 17, of 1416 New York Ave., was charged for allegedly having sex with a 14-year-old girl who he claimed told him she was 16. Jepsen is facing a count of felony second-degree sexual assault, which carries a maximum prison term of 25 years.
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Haasch also said the cases are different because Guthrie's boyfriend is "almost 15," with a birthday in February. Jensen's girlfriend turns 15 in April.'

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Oh, I see.... Because the boyfriend in one case turns 15 in February, the female offender only gets nine months maximum (if convicted). Whereas the girlfriend in the other case turns 15 in April, (two months later), so the male offender should get 25 years maximum. Yeah, that makes perfect sense. Those two extra months adds more than 24 years in maximum punishment.

regards,
MAJ

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Submitted by digital_dreamer on Mon, 2009-01-12 06:41

Check out Womanist Musings for comments about this story. Be careful, if their moderator doesn't agree with your response -- your comment will be deleted. This the same site that closed its response section because MRA's were 'infesting' her site like cockroaches.

http://www.womanist-musings.com/2008/12/when-you-force-oral-sex-you-might-get.html

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Submitted by anthony on Mon, 2009-01-12 23:28

I find it amusing how many people try to justify females molesting children by playing the "he obviously wanted to have sex with her" card. My question to these people would be, if a man had slept with a girl under 18, but she really wanted it, should that make any difference in whether or not he gets punished? Absolutely not. A predator is a predator regardless of gender.

Evan AKA X-TRNL
Real Men Don't Take Abuse!

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Submitted by xtrnl on Tue, 2009-01-13 17:39