Pedophile-Derangement-Syndrome in action

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1 hour ago, Israfil said:

I find that the public perception of what pedophilia is is very separated from the psychological definition of attraction to prepubescent individuals. It is common for girls to be physiologically developed as early as 15. The question becomes a moral one. At 15 years I don't think people have the complete discernment to engage in sex in a healthy way and, anecdotally, I find that people that engage earlier in their sex lives have more trouble in this aspect of life. When does one draw the line of the famous "age of consent" has always been a tricky matter. In the US, it varies from 15 to 18 years old. 

Well, age of consent is not to prevent underage individuals from having sex, but rather to prevent already developed humans to engage with underdeveloped humans sexually.

Part of the development of humans, as well as developing and learn a proper model of consent, is to actually engage in sexual activity. This is why teenagers are given more leeway for mistakes than adult individuals, or at least this ought to be the case in theory.

So this is the paradox: To learn consent, one must engage in sexual activity, as that is part of how you learn to consent. A 25 year old who has no sexual experience most likely has a less developed ability to consent than a 16 year old who is very experienced.

 

In that sense, the age of consent is a line we draw in the sand so that we prevent as much of an inbalance between individuals to occur in society as possible, while restricting individuals who can consent as little as possible. That's basically the challenge.