In December 11, 2011 CBC Manitoba records that "...a 19-year-old [man was] accused of flashing women."[i]; in sum showing unexpecting and non-consenting women his genitalia. This man was "...charged with 10 counts of indecent exposure and six counts of sexual assault." (As he also was guilty of groping women). Taking away for a moment the man's actions of groping, even if all he did was expose himself to unwilling persons most of us would be cheering for him being charged with the 10 counts of indecent exposure; as it is not only illegal but offensive - exposing ones self to unwilling persons is essentially a form of visual sexual assault - hence its illegality.Now no one should be quick to make judgments on this man as a person - that is until all the facts are known. Was this young man mentally disabled? Was he drunk and temporally out of his mind? Or was (or is) he just morally corrupt? Etcetera. In so far as this article goes your guess is as good as mine. His state of mind may explain his behaviour, but irregardless of where his head was at, his behaviour was still wrong.
Regarding Canada's mindset - where is it at these days? In the name of equality and rights we in the West are blinded so much so that we can't see past the term 'good cause' as it relates to an assumed good cause called - gay rights. What am I talking about? Let's return to the aforementioned 19 year old. What if he had exposed himself to children? Well he'd probably be in a similar situation as another man north of Winnipeg was in 2009. CBC Manitoba records in 2009 about a 48 year old man being "...charged on allegations he exposed himself to two children..."[ii] What is the penalty for such evil behaviour in Canada? The Canadian Legal Information Institute website states:
173. Exposure ... (2) Every person who, in any place, for a sexual purpose, exposes his or her genital organs to a person who is under the age of 16 years
(a) is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than two years and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of 90 days; or
(b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and is liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than six months and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of 30 days..[iii]So anyone who exposes their genitalia to persons under the age of 16 is awarded a prison sentence for maximum two years but no less than 90 days; but if convicted of such an effect on 'summary conviction'[iv] the person is awarded imprisonment for maximum of six months but no more than 30 days. That is unless you are a homosexual traipsing down the street in Toronto naked during the Gay Pride Parade; under these circumstances flashing your genitals to children is not only be to be permitted it is also to be praised - hence the parade.
Life Site News Journalist Peter Baklinksi published a short article where one picture spoke louder than any of the words on the page. Baklinksi wrote:
...our managing editor Steve Jalsevac published a slideshow with his photos from the 2011 Toronto Gay Pride Parade.[v]The pictures Jalsevac assembled showed that rainbows and rainbow-colour clothing were not the only thing worn that day - some men (and probably women too) were waring - absolutely nothing. What makes this photo enlightening is it showed a young girl in the crowd - probably no older than 10 years old - who was absolutely mortified as a middle-aged, big-beer-bellied, naked man (except for suntan lotion on his face, a hat on his head and sunglasses over his eyes) paraded by her. Baklinksi's photo has her covering her eyes.
Even if you are a staunch advocate for the LGBT community, lets put this scenario in a different circumstance; you are at the store with your 10 year old son or daughter and this man, walks past you and your child with no clothes on. Your child's visceral reaction will probably be to cover their eyes as this young girl did and if you had any sense of morality you would be on the phone with the police; and rightfully so. If you are an advocate for the Gay Pride Parade then why would you promote and praise this event and perhaps even encourage your child to go and see men and woman displaying themselves like this under the premise of gay-pride, yet call the police on someone who is flashing themselves on a typical Monday morning? ANSWER: As pointed out above this Western culture is blinded by hot button terms like good-cause and discrimination, resulting in us being afraid of being charged with a new definition of discrimination. What is this neo-discriminatory act? Merely proposing that homosexuality is actually a sexual perversion. To put a stop to the gay-pride parade, or at least put some pants on it, would be (or could be) construed as bigoted and shaming the LGBT community. So gay people, while in the parade are immune from prosecution for flashing themselves to children.
The good news however is this little girl isn't doomed; in September, 26, 2013, journalist for The Guardian, Norman Doldge recorded neuropsychiatrist Dr Valerie Voon effects of pornography on the brain. Doldge records:
Until recently, scientists believed our brains were fixed, their circuits formed and finalised in childhood, or "hardwired". Now we know the brain is "neuroplastic", and not only can it change, but that it works by changing its structure in response to repeated mental experience.[vi]So it would be erroneous to suggest that her experience that day at the 2011 Toronto Gay Pride Parade will have ever lasting effects. Her brain will evolve as she gets older and shape and change in accordance with new experiences. She may be permanently mortified, or her memory of this event may get overwritten by new memories; but she also may develop an appreciation for homosexuality. What would be so wrong with her becoming tolerant of homosexuality as a sexual orientation? A tolerance or even a positive acceptance of homosexuality is an acceptance of dangerous lifestyle - the encouragement of the homosexual lifestyle is parallel to encouraging someone to endorse *as good* the life of drunkenness or drug abuse. Like the lifestyle of the drunk or drug abuser the homosexual lifestyle is wrought with physically dangerous and deadly behaviours - even the traditionally and very infrequent monogamous kinds.
Moreover, not only will she be subject to dangerous lifestyle choices under the premise that they are good but she will develop a perverted view of sexuality. Sexuality is a multi-facet part of reality. It is a reality that encompasses physical, emotional and spiritual attraction and some basic functions of life. Homosexuality paints the wrong picture of what sexuality is supposed to be pictured as - hence it being a 'perversion' of sexuality.
So where is Western culture's head these days? ANSWER: In a non-thinking and over-emotionalizing state. What can be done? ANSWER: In a democratic society people should be permitted to make stupid choices (extra marital sex, engage into homosexual relationships, participate in drunkenness, smoke cigarettes etc.); but, just as we are doing in almost every commercial set on television with cigarette smoking, society should discourage these stupid behaviours and don't let the masses make a mess of society by emotionally manipulating society as a whole into endorsing them.
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[i] http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/man-charged-with-flashing-groping-women-1.1045922 - accessed March 21, 2014
[ii] http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/man-48-charged-with-indecent-exposure-1.863412 - accessed March 21, 2014
[iii] http://www.canlii.org/en/ca/laws/stat/rsc-1985-c-c-46/latest/rsc-1985-c-c-46.html#sec785 - accessed March 21, 2014
[iv] "A summary offence is a crime in some common law jurisdictions that can be proceeded against summarily, without the right to a jury trial and/or indictment... In Canada summary offences are referred to as summary conviction offences. As in other jurisdictions summary conviction offences are considered less serious than indictable offences because they are punishable by shorter prison sentences and smaller fines." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summary_offence - accessed March 22, 2014
[v] http://www.lifesitenews.com/heartbreaking-photo-young-girl-covers-her-eyes-as-nude-men-walk-past-during.html - accessed March 22, 2014
[vi] http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/26/brain-scans-porn-addicts-sexual-tastes - accessed March 22, 2014
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