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i feel like whatâs actually happening here is the issue of âadultifyingâ teens too much. your brain doesnât finish developing until youâre what, 25? when that highschool kid makes the decision to sleep with someone in their 30s itâs probably not the most rational one. 17 to 20 pushes it, but 18 and 30 is fucking diabolical and you accepting that is genuinely self destructive, and im saying this as someone who did have romantic intentions once for someone far older than me |
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I tink da reason y ppl label 16 x 21 n etc as pedophilia is bc teens r usually naive n dont understand da wrongs of dating a adult, I am not guilting dem but just a possible explanation to y. |
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Facts! |
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I agree with you that not every age gap should be labeled pedophilia but you lost me at 18 and 30. There is no reasonable world where a 30yo should be pursuing an 18yo. You have to ask how that even happens. Where do they meet? What do they genuinely connect over? Theyâre in completely different social spaces and mental stages. At 18, youâre finishing high school, starting college, maybe taking a gap year. At 30, youâre working full-time, paying bills, managing adult responsibilities, maybe going out on weekends if you have the energy. The lifestyles donât overlap in a natural or healthy way. You canât realistically ârun intoâ 18yos casually at 30 UNLESS youâre actively seeking them out or not participating in age appropriate spaces yourself. And I donât agree that calling out a 30Ă18 relationship somehow downplays real child sexual abuse. When I read 30Ă18, itâs disturbing. But when I read 6Ă41, itâs horrifying. Nobody is desensitized to that unless something is seriously wrong with them. There is no framing where a 41yo with a 6yo could ever seem normal or debatable to a healthy person. So no, recognizing that 18Ă30 is predatory doesnât erase how DEEPLY SICK 6Ă41 is. Both can be wrong for different reasons, and acknowledging one doesnât minimize the other . |