Comments on: Rite Of Passage Myths Hinder Justice For Boys Victimized By Women http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2006/12/31/rite-of-passage-myths-hinder-justice-for-boys-victimized-by-women/ Feminist, anti-racist, pro-fat, plus whatever else we feel like talking about. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:58:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: curiousgyrl http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2006/12/31/rite-of-passage-myths-hinder-justice-for-boys-victimized-by-women/#comment-223146 curiousgyrl Tue, 02 Jan 2007 22:09:46 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2006/12/31/rite-of-passage-myths-hinder-justice-for-boys-victimized-by-women/#comment-223146 A quick google search for Debra LaFave turned up a cartoon making exactly the points you make her A2H--along the lines of "that 14-yr old" (LaFave's student an victim) " will never get luckier!" Repulsive. This little bit from the article was also pretty astounding: <blockquote> Pam Ward bartends at The Sunset, a dimly lit beer joint in the one-highway town. News of the abuse was the talk among her patrons for a few days, she said. Most knew only about the older boy, and few had sympathy for him. "My own kids said, 'Why did he even say anything? It was kind of cool,' " Ward said. Ward grew up in an age when few believed women could sexually abuse boys. Her own son, now grown, dated a 42-year-old when he was 16, she said.</blockquote> A quick google search for Debra LaFave turned up a cartoon making exactly the points you make her A2H–along the lines of “that 14-yr old” (LaFave’s student an victim) ” will never get luckier!”

Repulsive.

This little bit from the article was also pretty astounding:

Pam Ward bartends at The Sunset, a dimly lit beer joint in the one-highway town. News of the abuse was the talk among her patrons for a few days, she said. Most knew only about the older boy, and few had sympathy for him.

“My own kids said, ‘Why did he even say anything? It was kind of cool,’ ” Ward said.

Ward grew up in an age when few believed women could sexually abuse boys. Her own son, now grown, dated a 42-year-old when he was 16, she said.

]]> By: Abyss2hope http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2006/12/31/rite-of-passage-myths-hinder-justice-for-boys-victimized-by-women/#comment-222556 Abyss2hope Sun, 31 Dec 2006 21:13:46 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2006/12/31/rite-of-passage-myths-hinder-justice-for-boys-victimized-by-women/#comment-222556 Cynorita, yes, that's the article. Thanks. Cynorita, yes, that’s the article. Thanks.

]]> By: cynorita http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2006/12/31/rite-of-passage-myths-hinder-justice-for-boys-victimized-by-women/#comment-222530 cynorita Sun, 31 Dec 2006 17:46:18 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2006/12/31/rite-of-passage-myths-hinder-justice-for-boys-victimized-by-women/#comment-222530 Abyss2hope - is this the story? http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:a3We9JLl4uwJ:www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4406748.html+%22Shifts+in+the+legal+system+and+public+opinion+have+made+it+easier+to+prosecute+women+who+molest+boys+in+their+pubescent+years,+experts+say.%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=3&client=firefox-a Abyss2hope - is this the story?

http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:a3We9JLl4uwJ:www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4406748.html+%22Shifts+in+the+legal+system+and+public+opinion+have+made+it+easier+to+prosecute+women+who+molest+boys+in+their+pubescent+years,+experts+say.%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=3&client=firefox-a

]]> By: Popeye the Sailor Man http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2006/12/31/rite-of-passage-myths-hinder-justice-for-boys-victimized-by-women/#comment-222523 Popeye the Sailor Man Sun, 31 Dec 2006 17:26:57 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2006/12/31/rite-of-passage-myths-hinder-justice-for-boys-victimized-by-women/#comment-222523 The article is still on their site, but it's in the archives which you have to log in to access. Here is a direct<a href="http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2006_4249017" rel="nofollow">link</a> to it in the archives, but you have to be logged in the Chronicles website for it to work. If you don't want to register, bugmenot.com has a log in that works. It's how I logged in. The article is still on their site, but it’s in the archives which you have to log in to access. Here is a directlink to it in the archives, but you have to be logged in the Chronicles website for it to work. If you don’t want to register, bugmenot.com has a log in that works. It’s how I logged in.

]]> By: Abyss2hope http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2006/12/31/rite-of-passage-myths-hinder-justice-for-boys-victimized-by-women/#comment-222519 Abyss2hope Sun, 31 Dec 2006 17:18:49 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2006/12/31/rite-of-passage-myths-hinder-justice-for-boys-victimized-by-women/#comment-222519 It looks like the Houston Chronicle doesn't leave all of their articles up. I tried searching for this article, but it's no longer on their site. It looks like the Houston Chronicle doesn’t leave all of their articles up. I tried searching for this article, but it’s no longer on their site.

]]> By: curiousgyrl http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2006/12/31/rite-of-passage-myths-hinder-justice-for-boys-victimized-by-women/#comment-222507 curiousgyrl Sun, 31 Dec 2006 14:53:38 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2006/12/31/rite-of-passage-myths-hinder-justice-for-boys-victimized-by-women/#comment-222507 link doesnt appear to work link doesnt appear to work

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