Should I just stick to pharmacy?

although my college tutors say I am capable of it.

Just because you're predicted grade A's at AS doesn't mean you are capable of being a good doctor, sorry.

I have been told I am capable of succeeding in medicine. So that would mean more than the fact I can get grade A's. How does anyone know whether I am capable of being a good doctor while I'm still in college? If you get the grades, and can handle the interview, and write a decent personal statement you get the chance to prove yourself in university.

Anyone else see the glaringly delicious irony in that statement?

Looks like I contradicted my tutor then... Just re-read it, and I say that no-one can know. But I was told I am... Maybe it's best to ignore what anyone says and go for it? But with the number of negative comments about me on here, I am becoming less and less confident.

It's like the sentencing for paedophilia by adults in a position of trust. Sex in a "genuine relationship of affection" is classed as a mitigating factor, while use of force is aggravating. Is anyone saying that it's OK to have sex with a 13 year old pupil because they are "affectionate" with you? NO- but they still get a lower sentence! Hysteria over certain crimes tends to obscure the fact that there can be more or less culpable incidences of them, a sizeable minority of people would favour the death penalty for all serious sex crimes. These could be forgiven for missing the nuances of a situation.

The moral turpitude of rape is the destructive violation of the woman's autonomy. Wouldn't this be worse if a masked stranger who you wouldn't even consent to being hugged by dragged you to the ground, as opposed to someone saying no to their husband but the man being too horny to listen? Both are wrong, and serious crimes, but one is a little worse than the other.

I understand very well. Most of the pupils in my school who had emotional difficulties or misbehaved came from very difficult family environments (I can't say any more than that.)

Criminal sentencing guidelines are not the ultimate arbiter of right and wrong but they are a valuable guide to how society, through the prism of law, perceives specific types of offences. The distinction between coercive/seductive paedophiles, who comprise the vast majority of all offenders against children, and the rare violent predatory type is reflected in the nature of the psychological sequelae. Victims of one-off violent assaults are likely to feel soiled and filled with rage, often manifesting itself in self-abnegation by drug abuse or self-harm, and "acting out" in younger children or delinquency in adolescents. Suicide attempts soon after the event or during a vivid flashback are not uncommon.

Victims of seduction go through a very different process. They are more likely to withdraw and become excessively introspective, blaming themselves.

The responses I have been getting are so out of touch, and so different from what the people who actually know me think, that I have seriously considered reporting your posts.

WHERE DID I CONDONE RAPE? This sort of serious allegation cannot stand up. I was just saying what the law was for a long time. This is neither misogyny nor condoning it- it is stating a fact. If a couple were still together, then that may be a mitigating factor- not everyone will agree with me, but as bad as it would be the rape of a stranger seems far more depraved. The line between coercion and rape is harder to draw within a relationship than if a man pulls a woman into his car and drives her to woods, or bursts into a public toilet. I just think the sentencing for marital rape should reflect the lower end of the rape guideline scale (4-6 years) rather than the top end of 10-life and the few cases that have gone to court are in agreement with that.

In the case of R v R (both parties anonymous) which led to the legal change, the relationship was over and IIRC the man broke in, so 7-9 years (mid tariff) would be provided for by the guidelines. I think this is quite fair!

I would not be supporting justice for families and then believing some medieval misinterpretation of the Bible that a man has the right to do whatever to a woman once they marry. That's just too much of an inconsistency.

I do not think anyone is inferior or superior, only that people have different abilities and should do what is best for them and the people around them. I only mentioned nursing being academically inferior because of Subcutaneous making offensive personal attacks and it appears no-one on TSR wants me to do medicine, although my college tutors say I am capable of it, and I was expecting at least some supportive responses.

As amusing as it is to watch you become offended when rebuffed for practically being an apologist for sexual abuse I can end this thread very quickly.

You disagree with current guidelines and procedures (without actually ever working under them, and basing your ideas on public policy on implied personal experience and hearsay on the internet) Then that's fine. Protest it all you want, go ahead!

However if you want to be licensed as a medical doctor and practise as one in this country, you have to abide by the regulations. You may not like it, and you may try to state your case for change but at the end of the day you have to obey it.

This is no different from other ethical concerns such as involved with abortion as a gynecologist. You can debate it all you want, but the reality is you if you want to work as one you have to do it.

Simply put: **** or get off the pot.

To ask people what they thought about whether not wishing to report mere suspicions (not evidence) of child abuse or neglect, based on sound ethical principles -which have nothing to do with "apologising for sexual abuse" or being a disturbed psycho who needs to avoid other people's company- was sufficient to stop me getting through medical school.

I am sorry if I have given the wrong impression of myself- asking for advice is not trolling. Do you have to do a placement working with children during the clinical stage of a degree in medicine? I know all students require enhanced CRB and hepatitis vaccination, but I'm not sure whether you would need to work with children to get your degree.