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30 days in jail!? For a juvenile, first offense of “unlawful touching”? That seems pretty freaking harsh, doesn't it? Crap like this is definitely connected to what Blondie was recently talking about re: girls gone wild and infantilizing women (and esp. young women) in our culture. This is different, certainly, but the thinking behind this law (viz., young women cannot take care of themselves or make their own decisions and therefore must be protected by the law) leads to college girls claiming they can't be held responsible for their actions when they get drunk and take their clothes off at parties. Freaking patriarchy.