People are judgmental and they will always remain that way. They believe that being gay or lesbian is wrong, that having sex with a brother or sister is wrong, or an adult having sex with a child is wrong. I believe that people should live their life and stop judging the lives of other people. Going back to the idea of pedophilia, if I were a man in my late 30’s, would I ever have sex with a young girl? No. Do I believe it is wrong for an adult to have sexual intercourse with a child who is willing to have sex with an adult? No. Right now, you may be saying in your head that I am disturbed or crazy, but think about it.
Lolita wanted to have sex with Humbert. If she did not, she would not have seduced him multiple times. “Well, you haven’t kissed me yet, have you?” (Nabokov 112). In this instance, Lolita wanted Humbert to kiss him. Eventually, she jumped on him and kissed his lips. This shows that Lolita is as attracted to Humbert as he is to her. She was old enough to know that in her society it is wrong to show any sexual attraction to an adult, but rejecting societal values, she does it anyway. Humbert is not influencing her in anyway to kiss him, she is the one invoking Humbert to kiss him. Since he does not kiss her, she forces herself on to him.
Furthermore, Lolita continues to further her sexual acts with Humbert. While in Enchanted Hunters, Lolita asks if Humbert ever had sex as a child. “You never did it when you were a kid?...Here is where we start” (Nabokov 133). In this instance, it is evident that Lolita wants to have sex with Humbert. By brining up the subject of sex, she is trying to sexually arouse him. Lolita is a slut and she wants Humbert to fulfill her sexual desires.
Overall, I believe that pedophilia is not wrong if the child influences the adult to have sexual intercourse. If a child and adult both agree on having sex, leave them be. At the respectable age of 12, I believe that a child is old enough to make a decision to have sex with an adult just as Lolita made the decision to have sex with Humbert.
I strongly disagree with you. Lolita is twelve. While you may think she is old enough to make bold decisions like having sex with a thirty year old man, I do not. I do not think Lolita is old enough to understand the gravity of her actions. I feel that if Lolita knew that her mother was dead and she had no one else to turn to, she would not have had sex with Humbert. Also, pedophelia is pedophilia. It is a crime, no matter who is influencing who. Just because Lolita is the one that started seducing Humbert, does not make her actions justified. Both are at fault here. Humbert is just as guilty for allowing themselves to indulge in this way. Before Lolita and Humbert had sex, he says that he wants to keep her innocence in place. Obviously, this is not the case. While you are entitled to your opinion, so am I. What Humbert and Lolita are doing is wrong, and just because she started it, that does not make it right.
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