Comments on: Kink On Tap 17: Sexual Adultism and an Interview with Nikolas Coukouma http://KinkOnTap.com/?p=189&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kink-on-tap-17-sexual-adultism-and-an-interview-with-nikolas-coukouma The smart sexuality netcast for the kinkily inclined. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:04:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: maymay http://KinkOnTap.com/?p=189&cpage=1#comment-44 maymay Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:17:25 +0000 http://KinkOnTap.com/?p=189#comment-44 There's also evidence that suggests <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurodiversity" rel="nofollow">different people's brains are different</a>. Should we use that evidence to discount the judgement of some adults over the judgement of others? Perhaps we should just use the <a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=his-brain-her-brain" rel="nofollow">biological differences between male and female brains</a> to discount the judgment of one gender, but not another? I find such biological arguments are an extremely slippery, and arrogant, slope. There’s also evidence that suggests different people’s brains are different. Should we use that evidence to discount the judgement of some adults over the judgement of others? Perhaps we should just use the biological differences between male and female brains to discount the judgment of one gender, but not another?

I find such biological arguments are an extremely slippery, and arrogant, slope.

]]> By: Anon http://KinkOnTap.com/?p=189&cpage=1#comment-43 Anon Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:01:05 +0000 http://KinkOnTap.com/?p=189#comment-43 "The adolescent brain is fundamentally different from the adult one. Although scientists don't understand all the implications of these differences, they say the distinctions could explain why an adult would have the self-control to resist the impulse to kill someone, and a teenager would not." From: http://www.boston.com/news/globe/health_science/articles/2004/10/12/brain_science_v_death_penalty/ Thoughts? Doesn't this evidence suggest that discounting young adults' judgment is scientifically accurate? “The adolescent brain is fundamentally different from the adult one. Although scientists don’t understand all the implications of these differences, they say the distinctions could explain why an adult would have the self-control to resist the impulse to kill someone, and a teenager would not.”
From: http://www.boston.com/news/globe/health_science/articles/2004/10/12/brain_science_v_death_penalty/

Thoughts? Doesn’t this evidence suggest that discounting young adults’ judgment is scientifically accurate?

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