For me sexual agency requires a certain amount of critical thinking (that children aren’t fully capable of) before taking action.

It seems pretty clear that this girl engaged in sexual behavior with this man prior to going into the bathroom with him and it’s also quite clear she was not lured away from her family, but walked off on her own.

and let’s also point this out: i am 34 years old. if i so chose (good god i hope not) to make out with a person in the corner of a pharmacy and then to follow that person into the bathroom, HE COULD STILL RAPE ME. do you know or understand what rape is? it’s not undone or even mitigated in any way by the willingness…

Humans are sexual creatures. Most kids discover some aspect of masturbation accidentally and before preschool.

It’s it infuriating how we like to pretend the “freeze” reaction doesn’t happen in humans, even though it is by far the MOST common reaction to that kind of dangerous situation where your only concern becomes survival? Like, flight and fight are fine and dandy, but when you’re trying to get out he situation alive,…

Oh yes, of course. A lot of the talking/flirting/notewriting is bravado. Children act out that way to shock and to get attention, but also because they have sexual feelings that are confusing and they are learning how to handle them. The more serious cases I mentioned- absolutely those kids had problems. I don’t know…

I agree that we shouldn’t pretend that children that age who are on the cusp of puberty or experiencing puberty don’t have sexual feelings. I remember being 12 and sneakily reading smutty novels. Sexuality is a complicated and nuanced thing, even at age 12. Perhaps especially at age 12.

Look, I agree that the cop worded this WAY wrong. And also it comes off the way you say it comes off. But I’m also willing to consider that the cop just tripped over his words because he was in a situation that he didn’t really know how to properly express. That doesn’t make it right, but it’s likely. Most people…

Wanna guess how many of those kids were sexually assaulted/molested?

Do you think normal men have sex with 12 year olds? Do you think normal, sane men have sex with anyone in the bathroom of a cvs? Do you think normal men take their dicks out in public? This person is disgusting, and a predator.

There’s a quote from Hard Candy that sums it up pretty well: “Just because a child knows how to imitate a woman does not mean she is ready to do what a woman does.”

Whether she wanted to or not (and that is unclear from the information given — following him is not the same as consent, she could have been tricked, threatened, or coerced) is completely irrelevant, and since it’s completely irrelevant the investigating officer shouldn’t have brought it up. The problem with him…

It’s like saying that Jamie Bulger, who was a toddler and walked off with those two kids in England asked for his head to be smashed in. Because you know, he was willing to walk off with those two boys who killed hiM.

Let’s hope that comedian doesn’t have lady bits. Tina Fey had been talking about Cosby for years.

I was sexually assaulted and what she says about his smell.....his cologne is fairly popular and whenever I catch the slightest hint of it, I get queasy. Touch isn’t a problem, even sex isn’t. But that smell....

He sponsors schools to get access to teenage girls and Rhee makes sure no one talks.

A male comedian at that.

Hopefully a comedian will mention this during his act in about 20 years so people will pay attention.

He and Rhee make the perfect power couple: he writes the textbook on committing and covering up sexual abuse, and she sells them to charter schools at a 1000% markup.

How the hell has he been accused so many times and buried it so many times? You’d think someone would noticed a fucking trend. After all, isn’t this how they catch most serial rapists? Because they leave a trail?