[Marsh.]

The boys being "passed around" is part and parcel of the rape and abuse aspect which is now hopefully bring targeted for the elite criminal activity that it is. Along with any other time that naive young people are abused and taken advantage of.

However, the few who willingly will just throw themselves at someone for a help up the ladder has and will always happen all over the world and shouldn't be blurred to be the same as the actual crimes being committed.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

The boys being "passed around" is part and parcel of the rape and abuse aspect which is now hopefully bring targeted for the elite criminal activity that it is. Along with any other time that naive young people are abused and taken advantage of.

However, the few who willingly will just throw themselves at someone for a help up the ladder has and will always happen all over the world and shouldn't be blurred to be the same as the actual crimes being committed.

I agree with this, I don't like it personally, but there is a bigger priority here than someone having sex to get work.

[Maru]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

The boys being "passed around" is part and parcel of the rape and abuse aspect which is now hopefully bring targeted for the elite criminal activity that it is. Along with any other time that naive young people are abused and taken advantage of.

However, the few who willingly will just throw themselves at someone for a help up the ladder has and will always happen all over the world and shouldn't be blurred to be the same as the actual crimes being committed.

You bring up a valid point, but that's also why I say that our own culture needs to reject these values. Yes, those who engage in these practices, they are feeding into their own greed, absolutely. My issue is more the overall culture, the people who KNOW what is happening, what they are actually supporting (on the whole), but instead continue to feed into the machine, because me is me, and all I care about is me, myself and I... is there no moral expectation there?... shouldn't we as a public put some kind of block on this culture at least growing (edit)? This is bad, but this is why Hollywood is the way it is and to a large degree, it is also reflective of American culture. So in a way, yes, you're right, it's mirroring our culture. But Hollywood is particularly bad with it is because being oversexed is the standard. I only hope that it will at least be curtailed enough so that these abuses become far less common. But will transactional sex also be par for the course? Absolutely, it will always occur to some degree.. but I don't believe that the way it occurs in Hollywood is anywhere close to standard practice of other industries.

It's just a different viewpoint is all.