Talking about rape and injury is a good way for antis to win arguments but they know it's about more than that. What the antis and most people really hate is the idea of an adult who is motivated by sexual attraction to a child. Look at what I said. Not an adult who has sex with a child but an adult who is motivated by sexual attraction. When a child is young they would look at an adult friend as just another pal who happens to be older. If the relationship turns sexual they would look it as just another fun game with their friend. It's only once the child grows up and begins to have serious sexual feelings of their own that they can truly understand what was happening. And regardless of what you might think most people don't really understand their sexuality until about age 20 or so. They might claim to understand but they're still learning. And once they really understand why that man was so nice to them they feel repulsed and disgusted whether any sex was actually involved or not. That's why children grow up and "rat on" their adult sexual partners and it's why children grow up to hate adult friends who were clearly attracted to them. It wasn't a breakdown in the relationship it was a learning experience for the child. The child didn't and couldn't understand the relationship at the time. They can only understand once their brain is fully mature. Sexual attraction and sexual bonding are very important and very unique parts of human psychology. This has been shown throughout history. It's not a social construct. Our brains are hardwired to be strongly impacted by sexual feelings and when we feel doubt or regret about sexual experiences it causes real trauma. The trauma from sexually motivated adult-child friendships comes when the adult's motivation is finally understood by the child. This is a natural reaction and is not the fault of society. You might say that I'm wrong and that all of this concern over sexuality is just the result of feminism and religion, but you're the one who's wrong. The proof is simple. If sex is just another fun activity that has no special significance then why are you so concerned about legalizing it? Lots of fun things are illegal but I don't see anyone crusading to legalize those things. It's all about sex. Sex is special and that's exactly why adult-child sex and adult-child attraction provoke such a violent response in people. |