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Grown Men, Growing Girls

By AAN Staff
january 23, 2003  03:26 pm
Grown Men, Growing Girls
Is statutory rape culturally acceptable in Hartford's Latino community? The Hartford Advocate's Chris Harris explores a relationship that, while prosecutable by law, is often accepted as a part of life among Latinos. "I think that I would say that we don't look at it as statutory rape," says Carmen Rodriguez, president of La Casa de Puerto Rico, a nonprofit agency dedicated to the social, economic, and political well-being of Hartford's Puerto Rican community. "We look at it as a young girl who'll be marrying an older man. It happens and it's allowed to happen because marriage is expected."
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