2005.026 L001 - Homophobia in
Times Law, The Times Law,
10 May 2005
Alex Wade (Law 26 April) says Jonathan
King is confused, but it may he who is confused. He calls King
a paedophile when he is really a pederast – a very different
thing. He appears to think no boy of 14 or 15, however willing,
can enjoy sex with another male – and that every one of
them is a “victim”. [His piece seems to be homophobic.]*
The numerous boys who are growing up gay, who are probably gay
already, will not thank him for it. But many boys growing up
straight also enjoy willing sex with other males, usually age
mates. It is a shameful feature of the Sexual Offences Act 2003
that it punishes this.
The age at which it is medically
acknowledged that the male has maximum sexual potency is fifteen.
Yet this is below the age
of consent. What sort of society dismisses such a person as sexually
a “child” and says he is “abused” if
he has willing sex with another male – even an age mate?
I would say that sort of society is cruel and perverted.
* The words in square brackets were
deleted from the published letter
