I disagree. First, there is quite a difference between how males view sex and how females view sex. Second, in the Jewish tradition, a boy becomes a man at the age 13. This 14 year-old young man, for whatever the reason, was interested in sex. His virginity does not have the same value as that of a 14 year-old female. It is very important here to determine if this sexual activity was consensual or not. Saying that this woman was a criminal simply because the boy was younger doesn’t make any sense.
I have to go further and say that, in the name of political correctness, we get very confused when it comes to the age of consent. My grandmother was married at age 15 to a man who was 26. Was he a pedophile? No way! That was what was done at the time. A hundred years ago, it was routine for young girls to marry men who were in their twenties or thirties as a man had to be established before he could get married. Further, girls were often married quite young because it was recognized that the sexual desire became apparent during the teen years and the proper, healty and safe place for sex is marriage. Age of consent laws were enacted to protect the virginity and purity of the female only. They were never intended to cover males.
Now, with all that being said, I think we live in a sick society that completely and totally abuses sexuality. I think all sex outside of marriage is wrong. All. I’m not sure that postponing marriage beyond the early twenties is a good thing. As a matter of fact, let’s be honest, I think its bad. The young people today are so set in their ways and so spoiled by the time they get married at 30 or 35 that they can’t make a true commitment to their spouse and their children, if they are able to have any. They have very unreal expectations. But is an older woman and a much younger man: Disgusting, yes. Criminal, I just don’t think so.
