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Topic subjectPlenty young girls have sex with powerful men of their own 'will'.
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179930, Plenty young girls have sex with powerful men of their own 'will'.
Posted by SoWhat, Wed Dec-23-15 03:22 PM
The men are still considered rapists or at least we don't celebrate the sex. We say those girls can't offer real consent bc of the power dynamic. I can't imagine a greater power differential than the one between Mary and God. If she said 'no' He likely would smite her. Or at least she might've thought so. But anyway whether she thought she 'wanted it' isnt the issue bc she was too young to know for sure. And God took advantage to serve HIS plan. He could've chosen a rich girl or a woman or a queen - a woman with more agency. But no - He chose a poor girl. A helpless, defenseless girl who was already engaged to be married. Outside of the Xtian interpretation (which is where this discussion is happening) that's rape, imo.