In Iowa, as long as you are below 40, you can have a gangbang with as many high school sophomores that are 16 as you like. Why is there a double standard? I know the states have the right to govern their laws, but this is pretty much bullshit. Ten years. Ten freaking years. The two kids just got drunk on new years, and had some fun like most people do on new years.

If I lost the years between my 18th and 28th birthday that would be about 90% of your life that is actually worth living down the crapper all from getting a blowjob from a chick who was 2 years younger. Man, I am 23, and I did a 20 year old chick the other day. Damn, that was 3 years apart, I should go straight to the pen for ten years. Lock me away and throw away the key

Thanks for sharing. That's total bullcrap!

You can stick it the poon, but not the mouth? Well...what about the ass?

This is outrageous compared with the sentence that teacher got.

Hopefully the ball keeps rolling.

Exactly. Just like the idiots that wrote this law can go screw ppl half their age and that's all fine and good. If he was 1 year younger or she 2 years older, the state would have no case.

When we are young, a small disparity in age can be huge in terms of development (both physical and mental). As we mature the disparity between ages is diminished. A majority of the time, 20 is closer to 23 than 15 is to 17 as far as maturity.

Maybe I am a prude, but knowing the circumstances of the event has definitely altered my view of Genarlow. When I first heard of the story, I (mistakenly) assumed he received the BJ from a girlfriend. The article in the original post indicates that was not the case. These kids held and videotaped an orgy with 15 year olds. IMO, that is deviant behavior. Again, I don't think this guy deserves 10 years in jail but he earned some jail time and the sex offender label.

When you were 17, would you think twice about getting a BJ from a 15 year old?

"I'm not on trial here, Mr. SPchief, Genarlow is the one who did these acts, not me."

The fact that it was an orgy sways my opinion quite a bit. If it was a BJ from his girlfriend I would view it as much more benign.

To answer your question, in all honesty, I can say I probably would not have hosted, participated in and videotaped an orgy, especially with a 15 year old. I can tell you when I was 16 there was a 14 year old who had the hots for me and I completely blew her off because of her age.

As I said, maybe I am a prude? :shrug:

What punishment would you suggest for a 17 year old who hosts, participates in and videotapes and orgy with a 15 year old?

I'm guessing they didn't card everybody coming into the orgy.





Girls these days look older than they really are.

Well, I'd have done 10 years if I'd have been busted under similar laws. I know my old man would have done serious time even though he and my mother are still married to this day (she was well under-age).

I have teenage daughters and I'm just as terrified as the next guy, but the reality is that humans have been sexually active and even marrying in our early teens for all of history. I don't know why it suddenly became such a horrible crime in the United States in the past few decades, but it has.

I don't have all the answers. I can't explain the whole orgy thing. But I do strongly believe that a young man is having his life ruined for no good reason.

Again, it is the orgy scenario that changes my opinion. Unless you (Phobia) or your father hosted, participated in and videotaped orgies at that age then it isn't really a comparable situation, IMO.

Orgies with 15 year olds to me is neither normal nor acceptable behavior for 17 year olds and does not fall under the umbrella of accepting the fact that humans are sexual beings. I'm not stupid- I know teens are going to screw. I just think there should be some lines drawn defining what is and is not acceptable.

Any response to this question: "What punishment would you suggest for a 17 year old who hosts, participates in and videotapes and orgy with a 15 year old?"

I think it has alot to do with the extreme cases of child molestation, in which pre-pubescent adolesents were the victims, that have forced there to be a specific set of guidelines as to what is classified as illegal. The guildlines for statutory offenses seem a little harsh but there has to have been a case to warrent such strict guidelines...needless to say many laws and their guildlines are too general and leave no room for mercy or exceptions.

IMO bad deal all around...

Times are changing. Most 14-15 year old girls are either having sex, or giving BJ's

Are most 14-15 year olds in orgies?

Maybe I am just reeeeeeally out of touch. :deevee:

To quote an old addage:

"Sad, but true"

-Metallica

Why won't anyone answer this question, "What punishment would you suggest for a 17 year old who hosts, participates in and videotapes and orgy with a 15 year old?"