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The War on "Sex Offenders"—Part 2

Last month I recommended Pariah's Scapegoats and Shunning, which describes the state's War on "Sex Offenders." I now commend Michael Kuehl's essay on Women as Rapists and Pedophiles? The Sex Police State which focuses on the absurdity of labelling women who have sex with teenage boys as rapists and child molesters.

The author explains how "child sexual abuse" victimology is now applied to this sort of case. He also argues for the existence of innate sex differences between men and women and the psychological ramifications of this biological reality.

So where is this essay posted? At Counterpunch, which is usually labelled as "Radical Left." The publication of this and some other articles, e.g., those against laws mandating hate crimes and gun control, gives the lie to the widespread belief that all leftists embrace a suffocating political correctness. I'm not surprised that Alexander Cockburn who edits Counterpunch calls himself an anarchist. I encourage those who identify as libertarian to peruse the contents of Counterpunch and read what catches the eye. Each week there are essays worth reading. And often Reason's managing editor Jesse Walker contributes a playlist of what he's listening to this week.

Posted on Sunday, April 16, 2006 at 12:56 AM | Comments (3) | Return

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