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Search results for "oral sex" ...
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Genarlow Wilson
Genarlow Wilson, a promising scholar-athlete, was sent to prison for 10 years after receiving oral sex from a 15 year-old when he was 17. In court "everyone, including the girl and the prosecution, agreed she initiated the act." However due to an old law the act was a felony.
Tags: athlete; sexual intercourse; oral sex; minors; felony; misdemeanor; Genarlow Wilson; statutory rape;
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Let's Talk About Sex: A Look Into the Sexual Education, or Lack Thereof, of West County Teens
This investigation examined teenagers attitudes about sex and focused on who or what influences their choices, their opinions and their actions. The story also discussed how educators view their role and what they teach as well as parent; perceptions of their children;s sexual activities. The story concluded that teenagers have varying views and attitudes depending on their individual backgrounds.
Tags: sex; abstinence education; oral sex; Planned Parenthood; abortion; teen pregnancy; STDs; Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Rude Boy
Village Voice tells the story of a little boy, J.J., who terrorized his classmates and his teachers at P.S. 207 in Harlem. At the age of 8 J.J. forced two six-year girls to perform oral sex, and was charged with first-degree sodomy and first degree sexual assault. The boy liked to hit other children, as well as his teachers, the investigation reveals. Even though the boy was diagnosed with conduct disorder, supposedly related to his father's absence, the mother refused to acknowledge the problem and give him the prescribed medication. At last J.J. ended up in a group home in upstate New York, Village Voice report.
Tags: children; schools; teachers; sexual abuse; mental health; discipline; family courts; Division of School Safety; social workers
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A sheriff's department clerk in a rural North Florida County was found dead just days after she testified against Sheriff Al Harrison. In letters her family shared with the St. Petersburg Times, Linda Richter described the way her boss had forced her to provide him with oral sex in his office at the sheriff's department. Inmates were also beginning to complain.
Tags: Morgan