‘Pederastic Intimacy’: University Professor Lays Academic Ground Work for Legalization of Child Rape
By Shane Trejo University of Texas at Austin professor Thomas Hubbard has been writing about the concept of “pederastic intimacy” in an attempt to rationalize child rape. Hubbard has written that pederasty, or sexual relations between a man and a boy, was a “prominent social phenomenon in numerous ancient Greek cultures.” He claims that “contemporary American legislation premised on children’s incapacity to ‘consent’ to sexual relations stems from outmoded gender constructions and ideological preoccupations of the late Victorian and Progressive Era.” His 22-page article, published in the academic journal Thymos, is titled “Sexual Consent and the Adolescent Male, or...
By Shane Trejo University of Texas at Austin professor Thomas Hubbard has been writing about the concept of “pederastic intimacy” in an attempt to rationalize child rape. Hubbard has written that pederasty, or sexual relations between a man and...
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