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"In reality, very few sex crimes are committed by actual Minor Attracted Persons." Except that the sexual orientation of the "perpetrator" is not a relevant distinction if the parent's chief concern is shielding their kids from intergenerational sexual activity. They view all would-be perpetrators as child predators because of what might happen to their kids, not because they misunderstand pedophiles and lump them in with non-pedophiles. I think it's important to avoid pedocentric thinking if we're going to anticipate the antis' objections. Similarly pedocentric is the implicit assumption of the initial question itself. Because of the way child sexuality has been sacralized, "rights" for pedophiles are not comparable to LGBT rights because they are taken to involve, if exercised, the violation of children's rights. Again, whether the perpetrator is a pedophile or not is besides the point. The core misunderstanding lies with their conception of what kind of choices should be available or unavailable to their children. "... not to the extreme of letting folks treat their own children, both little ones and teens, like property rather than like human beings. Saying that somebody can’t give consent is the same as saying they are a slave." If that truly were the paradigm that we are combating, this would all look very different. If society really did view children as the property of their parents, then there would be no objection on that basis to parents prostituting their kids out to others as sex slaves. "The series combines elements that should appeal to fans of Doctor Who, James Bond, X-Files, Hellblazer, HP Lovecraft..." I'm surprised you didn't throw in Arthur Conan-Doyle in there. My first impression of your writing is that it's written in a similar vein as the Sherlock Holmes stories. And speaking of Hellblazer, are you familiar with Alan Moore's Lost Girls? Moore once made an observation that if you (as the author) call a work "art," the critics will call it pornography, but if you call it "pornography," then the critics will insist that it's art. That's what I think of when you mention the lack of overt sexual activity in your writing. There's a weird kind of reverse psychology at play that would totally dismiss all the Harry/Snape slash fiction out there as if it were written only to shock. But if the sexual content is kept within the bounds of internal dialogue then maybe it hits a little closer to home about all the threats parents imagine they see behind every wandering eye. |