Freckle Friday *6

I do feel on some level that I agree with this. Society, however, is much too hung up and stigmatized by anything they consider “abnormal” or “deviant behavior” based on what the media tells us about such relations, and there is perhaps too much emphasis on it being a crime, to say nothing of the few unique individual cases.

In most instances, the crime itself is often carried out by family members, and when it isn’t, the offender is situational. If not, it’s usually older teen boys.

I’ve only seen this issue grow worse as the internet holds more and more power within our society, and as lawmakers struggle to keep up by coming up with new bills to safeguard children whilst at the same time only perpetuating the problem. People who otherwise would not have committed a crime suddenly find themselves doing just that, all because of the veil of anonymity which at first glance appears safe. Their inhibitions are suddenly stripped away, and they can say and do as they please.

Along with this witch hunt, we brought paranoia into our cultures and it affects not only the beliefs of over-zealous adults, but children and teens as well. The fear of pedophilia and the like has hindered their natural development, whereas naturally, they would remain carefree and feel able to express themselves as they grow into their sexual identity and develop relationships.

But now, all I see is “that guy is a pedo!” even if an adult so much as smiles at a child or teen, or shows natural human empathy or concern if they’re in trouble.

This is a grave mistake that I think will take decades to repair. People think their kids are safe and sound, but the sad fact is that their over-protection has become overbearing, and it is causing more psychological and emotional harm to our kids than it is protecting them from what most adults are convinced is a rampant problem in the world.

And the only reason it is rampant is because people have become so mistrustful of each other that few are able to show the true human love and adoration they have for kids or teens without fearing imprisonment. If you so much as smile at a kid, you’re a pedo. Frustration and anger due to repression are what lead to sexual deviance and acting out…not sexuality itself, and certainly not our natural human inclinations and desire to love and care for one another.

This is my theory as to why many in the gay community are promiscuous, and why (I think Karl Andersson touched upon this as well) we are so quick to play nice and convey a proper image of ourselves for the rest of the heterosexual world in order to gain our human rights in a system that has become so obsessed with morality that true compassion is now lying on its deathbed.

Why are kids killing themselves? They’re not allowed to express any emotion aside from anger, whether it be talking openly with one another about their home lives or anything else. God forbid they’re artistically inclined, society has shown that artists are dangerous and will put too many ideas in people’s heads to make them want to change the system. Kids commit suicide. God forbid they’re not accepted by others because they can’t lie well enough to appear perfect. Kids commit suicide.

And when our youth die, so does any hope of change for the future. This is what a mainstream, media-influenced, morality-obsessed society has chosen…a dangerous world in which few are free to be themselves until they reach adulthood and break away from their parents, if even then.

Why are record numbers of teens on antidepressants? Control. Protection, be it protection from themselves or from the outside world. It is the same for those who would otherwise be in healthy, natural relationships, be they homosexual and adult-oriented or with young teens.
Gays don’t get their rights, men who love boys are locked up or threatened with the boundaries of laws that have made them into the very monsters society expects them to be.

Sexually obsessed, because they have no proper outlet for their emotions. Psychotic, because they can’t talk to a therapist about such repressed feelings without having the door slammed in their face or handcuffs slapped on.

Similarly, teens can’t talk about their repressed feelings because they’re only kids, society views them as weak. Talk to a therapist, you get half a dozen prescriptions for your anger and emotional conflicts that your parents falsely believe are caused by hormones or rebellious urges alone. They live in the same sort of prison.

It’s getting to be a sad world indeed, where we would lock ourselves and our youth up because of what we define as protection.

It’s paranoia, plain and simple. And humanity will die if we don’t start turning things around soon.