Predators

No, I’m not going to write about the awesome late 80’s action flick involving the kick-assest alien to fictionally grace the planet earth. I just had a thought. Random thought. Sexual Predators. Particularly pedophiles.

Go and ask someone to describe to you a pedophile. They’d probably give you images of playgrounds with with tan cars parked across the street. They’ll tell you about the hooded sweatshirts. The apples and candy in outstretched arms. Churches. Schools. Youth groups. Now stop them and ask what gender that pedophile is. You might get a pause and look of confusion as if to say “What are you talking about? Of course they’re male.” You, yourself, might be thinking this as you read this blog. This is what I’ve realized about my mind recently.

I’ve been raised all my life to recognize the tell tale signs of nasty, lecherous sexual predators. Never take candy from strangers. Never go with people who claim to know your parents. I’ve seen the videos. I never thought about this before, but those videos always showed men as being the guilty party, the people in the hooded sweat shirts, the arms holding the candy and apples. And who can forget the stereotypical mustache?

I learned from those videos. I learned so well that as I was walking through my apartment just now I couldn’t for the life of me get a mental picture of what a FEMALE sexual predator looks like. What are the tell tale signs of them? Do they drive the same tan Chevy Malibu? Are their sweatshirts pink with sparkles on them? This I’d like to know.

Seem like pointless question? Let me give you practical scenario. A couple years back, I volunteered at a Big Brother/ Big Sister center in Portland, OR. There I was introduced to a very interesting policy. Male volunteers were only allowed to mentor boys, while Female volunteers could be paired with a either boy or girl. Does that seem a little messed up to you? Did they not think that women were capable of similar heinous acts? I sure hope so because that might bite them in the ass some day.

I do agree that there haven’t been that many cases involving a female sexual predator, but is that any reason to let our guard down?

And for those women out there cry foul at my questioning this….welcome to the club, girls. Equality’s a bitch isn’t it?

- e.Lucas