Sexual assault.. Someone who had sex with a minor has been charged now considered as a child molester.?

Question

Is the word molest the correct term? The act between the two was conscentual, though one of the two ovobously were under age. The word molest means:1. to annoy, disturb or persecute with hostile intent or injurious effect
2. To make annoying sexual advances especially to force physical & usually sexual contact on.

Are they really a child molster? How about a sexual preditor? Should they for the rest of their lives be registered a sexual preditor because there was sexual contact between two people who agreed and/or were aware, in no danger, who did not force in any way the act apon one or the other, both or all parties were in their right minds? How do they fall with in the description of molester or preditor? What do you think? What to you would be a better term?

Answer 1

I believe the correct term would be statuatory rape. I don't believe in the case that you present, that the word molester would be appropriate.

I also do not think that in this case the person should fall into the sex offender registration program, though I believe they would. I was in court not long ago and watched a 45 year old man who had molested five children get off without jailtime, in exchange for 10 years of probation and having to register with that program, while in the next room, a guy with a second DUI spend six months in prison.

I think the sexual offender laws should be appropriately targeted for mentally ill individuals and preditors, but interaction between reasonably older adolescence and younger is always going to take place and should be appropriately categorized and treated as such.. Otherwise, it creates too much inefficiency in our system and harms people for the rest of their lives..

A 19 year old who engages in a one time sexual act with the friend of his sister who is 16, or in situations when the age cannot be easily determined and/or the younger party lies to the older about their age should be treated less harshly.

A person convicted in this context will never be able to hold a job and have the rest of their lives marginalized by this one act..

Answer 2

I agree that there's a flaw in the terminology. In some cases it is actually consentual, and rape can't be defined as someone giving full consent. Neither can molestation.

But to answer the question we need to understand what consent really means. Is it really just a "yes" or "no", or does the other person have to be mature enough to understand what they're doing? In a lot of cases, although an underage person may give consent, they may not be mature enough to understand the full consequences of their actions. That's why the age law is there.

Yes, some people mature faster than others, and someone over the age of 18 may have no more an understanding than a mature 17 year old. But the law can't be everywhere at once, so it's blind to such cases and makes no exceptions. And it makes sense when you realize that a line has to be drawn *somewhere*.

In a perfect world, there would be a distinction made between violent predators and non-violent offenders. It would be beneficial to all sides concerned to know who's actually dangerous and who's not. Sadly, we don't live in that perfect world just yet.

Answer 3

How "minor" replaced into the minor? the fairly a while are needed. If a 21 year previous had consensual intercourse with a fifteen year previous, that is statutory rape, no longer newborn molestation. Molestation, as you state, implies loss of consent. despite the fact that, definite, under the regulation, this manner of guy or woman is a sexual predator.

Answer 4

*spell check*...before going any deeper..."preditor"...i'm not getting it...but i do agree...arrest them...lmao

Answer 5

A better term would be "Sicko"!!!!