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They claim it is, but when presented with data like this the target shifts to: 1) But what adult would even like kids- that's disgusting. 2) Muh power imbalance means there can't be consent. Somehow consent, which is never fully and can never fully be defined (even in adult-adult relationships) is held to be of more importance than "harm" or "positive appraisal". I don't know how to untie the gaussian knots of (il)logic that antis tie themselves into. They'll grasp at anything that excuses their feelings of disgust. Unfortunately it also obscures research into the factors that cause negative appraisals. A "harm reduction" approach to minor attraction in therapy could look at educating MAPs about the healthier ways to have a relationship with a minor. But instead, at best we get messages of abstinence, so those who DO end up acting sexually with a minor are left blind potentially causing more harm than they would've if the relationship were less socially condemned. AMSC isn't going away. Despite the draconian penalties in the US adults are still sexually active with kids. Harm prevention is failing in how it makes everything black and white. Perhaps, like in the drug war, we should be looking at harm reduction so "abused minors" instead of having their lives destroyed can "treat it like a dog bite" as was common wisdom up until a few decades ago in Japan. |