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Originally Posted by DanaC
9-10? Jesus. I was assuming the kids were maybe 13-14 when i read the article. Still wouldn't make it right....but 9-10? They're just babies.
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My nephew is 9 today - I can't imagine anyone treating him as a sexual being (not denying that this happens, just that I can't equate him with sex).
I wonder if perhaps reports of assault by teenage boys are treated in the same way as reports of rape by women who are perceived as having loose morals. In both cases they might not have deserved it, but underneath they were gagging for it (NOT my personal view)
Not connected to the above, but on the same subject - a 54 year old teaching assistant in Leicester has just been accquitted following accusations that she had a two year affair with a boy age of 14-16. She has always denied the claims, stating that the boy was like a member of her family. Any accusation of sexual assualt must be so hard on all involved. Assuming her innocence as proven by the court I really feel for her - she probably won't have the nerve to continue in a career she loved.