From: O'Regan, Emlyn (Emlyn.ORegan@actew.com.au)
Date: Wed Jun 30 1999 - 00:49:30 MDT
> Also, did you notice that the prevalent appearance norm for women
> calls them to try to imitate the look of _pre-pubescent_ girls by
> shaving off their body hair? Doesn't it exploit the same part of
> the male sexual interest that the same society has criminalized?
>
There are theories that the fashion model look is an imitation of
pre-pubescent boys rather than girls, but I guess that doesn't alter your
argument.
I've always prefered older women myself, but that doesn't appear common (in
my experience).
> Sex with mundanes - as well anything else with mundanes -
> could be considered statutory rape in TH ethical system
> (an interesting question is, why entities without sufficient
> cognitive abilities are considered as full ethical subjects,
> and why there are two lines; with humans, the ethical line
> comes from something like 6 months from conception and the
> consent line comes at 16 to 18 years, both sharply drawn.
> Wait for designer creatures...)
>
Will there be court cases between TH's where intellectual capacities are
measured and compared, to decide if consent was possible (too big a gap
means you are in trouble)? I'd like to see someone draw that quiz up - oh
wait, I think that Eliezer just did. A word of warning would come to mind -
if you do Eliezer's test, and score high, don't publish the results unless
you are considering a life of celibacy!
Emlyn
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