Saturday, February 02, 2013

Letter to The New Yorker

Better late than never?

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Dear New Yorker,

If the FBI is serious about taking on the sexual abuse of minors (The Science of Sex Abuse, January 14th), they should making a higher priority of cracking down on the $33 billion a year industry of prostitution: the average age of entry into prostitution in this country is thirteen, well below the age of consent.  Why are so much of our resources dedicated to catching "John"s while johns, who actually have sex with young girls, are rarely prosecuted, and even when they are, are given only the lightest of sentences, and are never considered pedophiles?  Are we more offended by the aesthetics than the actual deeds?

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