perverseangelic
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Joined: 2/2/2004 From: Davis, Ca Status: offline
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Thank you Stef, those were the things I'd planned to say. I'd like to add, though, that as far as I know one can only get power of atorney or an adult gaurdianship order in cases where the individual being "gaurded' (for lack on a more appropriate word) has been proven deficient when it comes to taking care of him/herself. That is, that he/she needs someone to take care of him/her because of mental ability, physical ability, etc. I've read that in those cases, it is almost universally determined that such individuals cannot consent to sexual interaction, -especially- not with their gaurdians, and such actions would be considered abuse. Yup, we're not talking about just sex, I know. However, I'd stretch and say that enforced physical labor, punishment, all the trappings of 'slavery' would also fall under abuse, if applied to a person considered to have the diminished capacity required to get gaurdianship.
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