Is Mrs Blair A Stereotypist, When It Comes To African Men?

[anotheoldgit]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6854265/Cherie-Blair-tells-pupils-African-womens-sexual-experience-rape.html

/// She accused Mrs Blair of reinforcing harmful stereotypes, adding: ‘Violence against women is a huge problem in many African countries – as it is here. ///

It would seem that Mrs Blair isn't reinforcing harmful stereotypes then does it?

/// ‘In that context I said that for the vast majority of young girls – who are often 12, 13 and 14 – their first experience of sex was rape. ///

It would seem that there are an awful lot of Paedophiles in Africa as well.

[naomi24]

Men who have sex with 12, 13 and 14 year olds aren’t paedophiles The age of consent in Nigeria is 11.

[dannyk13]

In some African countries girls as young as thirteen are getting married.

[anotheoldgit]

naomi24

Nigeria doesn't represent the whole of the African continent countries

In fact, in the vast majority of African countries the age of consent is 16 and in some it is 18 whereas in Libya and the Sudan one must be married.

https://www.ageofconsent.net/continent/africa

[naomi24]

aog, Nigeria doesn't represent all African countries, but that's beside the point - as is the requirement for marriage in some Muslim countries. Men who have sex with 12, 13 and 14 year olds are not paedophiles.

[douglas9401]

Child rape is just an accident of geography? What a relief.

[naomi24]

Seems so.

[anotheoldgit]

naomi24

Blimey Naomi are you being particularly augmentative this morning?

Men who have sex with 12, 13 and 14 year olds are paedophiles in those African countries that have a consent age of 16 and 18.

[naomi24]

I'm not being particularly argumentative, aog. Just saying you're mistaken. Paedophiles target prepubescent children.

[dannyk13]

AOG the age which is usually accepted as the age when paedophilia comes into the equation is nothing to do with the age of consent.

[jno]

no, naomi is correct, paedophilia involves sex with children below the age of puberty. Otherwise it's jsut underage sex, the same as here.

Did she say the problem was African men? Not like the European sex tourism in South East Asia then.

I doubt Mrs Blair is a typist at all...

[douglas9401]

The actual meaning of paedophile, like 'decimated' is neither here or there in 2019, incorrect usage over time has seen to that.

It's come to mean any child molester in the public conciousness and there's nothing to be done about it.

[dannyk13]

//Pedophilia (alternatively spelt paedophilia) is a psychiatric disorder in which an adult or older adolescent experiences a primary or exclusive sexual attraction to prepubescent children. //
Generally accepted as 13 years old and under.

[naomi24]

In aog's estimation the definition appears to apply to anyone below the age of consent in any given country. I don't know how he squares that with countries where no age of consent applies - like Libya.

[ToraToraTora]

I think she's got a point.

[anotheoldgit]

naomi24

/// Paedophiles target prepubescent children. ///

Hasn't that footballer who was recently released from prison for grooming a 15 year old girl, been widely described as a paedophile?

[naomi24]

Yes - wrongly.

[dannyk13]

//Hasn't that footballer who was recently released from prison for grooming a 15 year old girl, been widely described as a paedophile?//
A misuse of the word, see post at 10.14.

[anotheoldgit]

naomi24

/// I don't know how he squares that with countries where no age of consent applies - like Libya. ///

As I have already pointed out to you both in Libya and Sudan, a person legally has to be married before giving their consent.

Age Of Consent:
Libya: Must be married
Sudan: Must be married

/// In Africa, the age of consent is the legal age at which an individual is considered mature enough to consent to sex. Sexual relations with someone under the Age of Consent are considered statutory rape, and can result in severe punishment under local laws. ///

[Ken4155]

Paedophile - sexually attracted to children
Hebephile - sexually attracted to approx 11 - 14 years of age
Ephebephile - sexually attracted to approx 15 - 19 years of age

[naomi24]

aog, but if there's no age of consent legislation in place, people can be married at any age.....