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                                Girl Love

                          by Vivian Darkbloom

   Little-girl love is a fiercely complex topic. It stands at the
   nexus of the weaknesses in practically every line drawn by our
   culture.

   One would hope that compassion would be the overruling influence
   in all cases, but often narrow-mindedness and panic reign
   instead, which can only wreak harm on everybody involved; not the
   least of which being the the amount of harm to the little girl
   whose ostensible protection was the cause of the panic.

   The issues involved demonstrate the full spectrum of confusion in
   our seldom-examined cultural values. Where to begin?

     * Consumerism -- We are cultivated as consumers, fed with
       messages that desire is good, that fulfilling material
       desires will get us what we want. Sex sells, and ads are full
       of it. The presentation of youthful innocence as highly
       valued is ubiquitous.
     * Spiritual paucity -- Most of what passes for religion
       nowadays is a ridiculously antiquated maze of rituals and
       admonitions left over from the dark ages, back when even a
       crude, miserably guilt-ridden order was better than none at
       all. Guidance from "the church" on sexual matters is so
       clogged with silly puritanism as to be completely useless.
     * Sex -- Physically, sex is simple: Rod goes in hole, 9 months
       later, out comes a baby. Not rocket science. A 5-year-old can
       easily grasp the concepts involved. Rods and holes are also
       subject to various forms of stimulation, yielding varying
       degrees of pleasure, depending on the techniques applied.
       Simple.
       Psychologically, well, that's another story.
     * Psychology -- To the degree that pathology is defined by what
       society finds acceptable, there is no such thing as an
       absolute definition of "sanity."
       Glaring examples:
          + Western societies have historically defined
            homosexuality as "insane," despite how commonplace it
            is.
          + The idea the women ought to be able to vote was long
            viewed as aberrant (it wasn't until 1920 that women were
            granted the vote in the U.S.)
       The corollary would be that, to the degree that a society
       labels ordinary behavior as `pathological,' the society
       itself is insane.
       If our society so willingly condemns commonplace desires, why
       is it so ineffectual at marking greed and intolerance as
       socially unacceptable?
       We need to figure out that sanity and morality both spring
       from Love, in the highest possible sense of the word, not
       specific behaviors or preferences.
     * Gender -- Feminism conveniently ignores the fact that women
       maintain a stranglehold on the sexual economy. Little girls
       have no concept of the amount of power that dwells in their
       ability to withhold fulfillment, so they are regarded as "not
       ready for a mature relationship."
     * Age -- the young are stashed out of their parents' hair in
       crumbling schools that resemble prisons. The elderly are
       stashed away in disgusting institutions that resemble
       coffins. Young and old are taught that intermingling is
       naughty. 6th grade boys wouldn't be caught talking to those
       3rd-grade girls. An eighty-year old will remember names they
       were called in the schoolyard. Stratification is cruelly and
       mindlessly enforced at all levels.
     * Political -- The fatal flaw in democracy is the majority
       rule. What works for the majority is crammed down the throats
       of everybody. Never mind that the truly brilliant are never
       in the majority.
     * Crime -- tough on crime, that's how to get elected.
       Incidentally, have we gone about defining "crime" in a way
       that's actually moral? Such a question is too complex for
       soundbites.

   Given such a wide range of contradictory and controversial topics
   one invokes simply by a lustful glance at a young maiden -- small
   wonder the mind freezes into hopeless paralysis, sinks into
   incurable despair.

   Anyone who can keep their head up through such an assault, who
   can keep focused on the positive, who can persevere with a
   commitment to moral integrity, be certain that you are on the
   leading edge of the upward evolution of society.

   Why? Because you are like the accupuncturist's needle, forcing a
   badly-needed examination of the issues cited above. Twist the
   needle, be honest but discreet, and don't give in to greed or
   cowardice.

   "The least shall be the greatest."
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