Is it ok to have sex with a mentally handicapped individual?

[Agathon]

Some of the laws are weird. I saw that an attractive 20 year old woman is going to be locked up for having sex with a 14 year old guy. I dunno, but when I was 14 if a 20 year old woman who looked decent wanted to do that with me, I would have professed believe in a benevolent deity.

[Deity Dude]

Originally posted by Alinestra Covelia
www.boneage.net has answers to this.

Well like anything on the net here is a site that gives different ages:

http://www.webistry.net/jan/consent.html

and yet another site with different ages

http://www.coolnurse.com/consent.htm

and then of course wiki has another take but it looks the most authoritative:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_North_America#Federal_Law

Mexico is 12!!! and under 12 is a 2 to 5 year prison term. Glad to see they are tough on 11 and under sex.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Age_of_Consent.png

Isn't it nice to know that you have to be at least 9 in Yemen? I guess they draw the line at 2nd graders.

[Harovan]

Originally posted by Deity Dude

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Age_of_Consent.png

Isn't it nice to know that you have to be at least 9 in Yemen? I guess they draw the line at 2nd graders.

But they must be married!

12 in the Philippines?

What exactly was Lancer doing there?

[Krill]

Er...please don;t answer that Lancer...

[Dauphin]

In response to the OP as Snotty's girlfriend wants me to say something.

If the mentally constrained individual initiates the act and demonstrates persistant desire to shag you then you can if you want with no moral qualms. I think anyone who gets it on with a seriously mentally disabled person has issues though.

Anyway, Jenny and Forrest Gump seemed to work out ok, at least until she got AIDS and died.

[Krill]

It was cancer, not AIDS

[Snotty]

My thinking is that if someone is not enjoying something (in this case sex) then they will not wish to continue doing it, whether they are handicapped or not. therefore if a lover is being welcomed and not rejected then its probably all good. How you get to the lover stage is a different matter

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Krill
It was cancer, not AIDS

It was AIDS, but Forest wasn't mentally handicapped. He was just "stupid or something."

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Krill
It was cancer, not AIDS

Haven't heard it called gay cancer in a while.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Society keeps telling us that drunk drivers have to be resposnible for their actions when they are drunk.

Frankly I find Jon Miller's argument to be ludicrous. Having to get into a serious relationship before having sex is basically the only way to avoid rape to you? I mean come on.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Harovan
What exactly was Lancer doing there?

Marrying one of the most fantastic women in the world.

[Krill]

Eh, been a while since I've seen the film, so I'll bow to your superior knowledge in trivia.

[Alinestra Covelia]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui

Society keeps telling us that drunk drivers have to be resposnible for their actions when they are drunk.

Frankly I find Jon Miller's argument to be ludicrous. Having to get into a serious relationship before having sex is basically the only way to avoid rape to you? I mean come on.

I think I read the Angela Carter quote here on Poly but she said something like:

Getting married just for the sex is like buying a jumbo jet just for the free peanuts.

[Imran Siddiqui]

But I like free peanuts

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui

Society keeps telling us that drunk drivers have to be resposnible for their actions when they are drunk.

Frankly I find Jon Miller's argument to be ludicrous. Having to get into a serious relationship before having sex is basically the only way to avoid rape to you? I mean come on.

I didn't say that.

I said that knowing the person well is the only way to avoid rape.

JM