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What If Internet Predators Are Trying To Recreate The Good Old Days Of …

Posted by Abyss2hope | May 17th, 2006

… boys will be boys?

What if youthful rapists don’t grow out of the habit of raping when they leave an environment where they have easy access to victims?

What if boys and young men who raped their peers got a thrill from rape and sexual exploitation they can never recreate when the sex is fully consensual?

What if those who declare that college rapists pose no ongoing danger are wrong and those rapists only change their MO?

What if many Internet predators go after children not because they are pedophiles in a clinical sense but because children have the fewest defenses against sexually exploitive people and they can pursue their targets without friends and family noticing their little hobby?

Wouldn’t you want to stop these rapists before they become fully developed sexual predators?

Also posted on my blog, abyss2hope.blogspot.com

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  1. ginmar Writes:
    May 17th, 2006 at 7:56 am

    Wouldn’t you want to stop these guys before they became fully-developed sexual predators?

    A quibble: what have they been doing till now? Practicing? Getting freebies while they perfect their technique? They are predators.

    And the answer is, if they’re rich, white and good-looking, they’re not rapists, duh. They’re, uh, misunderstood.

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    May 17th, 2006 at 2:22 pm

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  3. feminist blogs Writes:
    May 18th, 2006 at 4:02 am

    habit of raping when they leave an environment where they have easy access to victims? What if boys and young men who raped their peers got a thrill from rape and sexual exploitation they can never recreate when the sex is fully consensual? What […]Continue reading at Alas, a blog … posted 9:49 am at Alas, a blog

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