Each day when I sign on to the Idaho statesman I wonder what so called sex crime have occurred this day. And I am never disappointed in what I find. But what I just don’t understand is how many more prision we are going to build to house these young men who are having consitual sex with 15/16/17 year old girls. When are we as “open minded” people going to realize that our daughters at age 15/16/17 are very capable and willing to make the choice as to who and when they have sex. Why are we holding our boys to a higher standerd then the girls? We do not hold the girls accountable for their actions but yet we destroy the young man for the rest of their life.
Yes I do have daughters and sons so I do understand both sides of the coin but I think if we want to give our girls the right to drive at age 15 and say they are capable to make the right choice then why are we saying they are not able to consent to sex at the same age. And then we need to consder the fact that if a person at the age of 14 – 17 were to kill someone they are tried as an adult. So why are they an adult when it comes to knowing it is wrong to take a life but they are not an adult when they consent to having sex with someone over age 18?
We are becoming such a two faced society that we cant even begin to see what we are doing to the yourth of today who will one day rule our country. We are telling our sons to grow up, be an adult and be resposible for your actions but if you make a mistake you will go to jail. So they feel the need to lie and keep things hidden. But yet the young girls are being taught they have all the power. When a young girl wants a guy she likes she uses all the tricks in the world to get him and sometimes that encludes sex. She does not care about the age of the guy. All she cares about is having the guy. Then when they get “caught” the man is held accountable. This is not right. Just because a guy turns 18 there is not a switch in his head that says…..”Oh no she is too young for me” or “I will go to jail for this one”. And at this age any healthy young man does act on his hormones……..
In today society it is openly accepted for girls under the age of 18 to date boys over the age of 18 what do we really belive is going on. We as parents need to open our eyes, they are having sex. They may not be making the right choice to do this but they are both making that choice and therefore why does the boy have to go to prision for the mistake.
I can see if it was forced or they enticed but come on conset is consent. And yes I do believe they are aware of the choices they are making at 15 -17. The girl does not all of a sudden on her 18 birthday develop the ablity to make a good decision.

I understand when sex is not consentual for both parties that the person should be held to the highest leveL of the law. Coming from someone who has been molested by family members, had my middle son molested by two step sisters…..and now my son at age 19 is going to prision for 15 years for consentual sex with a “minor”.
We really need to take a look at what we are teaching our childern………………..