Silhouette
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You DO realize those "imaginary age of consent" limits are largely to protect EXACTLY the type of child/minor who may quite likely be experimenting sexually to mingle love with the act with peers, right? That is so adult predators, who seek the act of sex with those much younger than themselves (Terry Bean in his 60s with a 16 year old) for purely instant gratification and devoid of love (How could Bean love the boys he was barebacking, exposing them to death by HIV?) don't sully them or sully them further?
Again, all the way up until the 19th century, a 15 year old was considered old enough to marry. Here was the thing. This teen was putting himself out on gay dating apps... I doubt Bean was his first sex partner....There's a whole article in New York Magazine about how young girls are paying their way through college through prostitution because it pays better than McDonalds.... but I don't see you getting worked up about that.
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I have to assume, since I just gave you a detailed explanation of why even sullied adolescents (especially) need protection from adults reacting to their advances, is that you are ignoring the need for protection of minors in favor instead of what adults want to do with them..even and especially when the minor himself is "putting him (or her) self out there" for adults to consume. It is incumbent upon the adults to say an emphatic NO! to the minor, to correct any past damage to the minor which may have been done by an adult to give the minor the idea in the first place that "love = random anonymous sex with adults much much older than me"..
See the reason for the laws yet?...No? Coming at it from a pure loveless "rights to" sexual gratification of creepy adults angle still are you?...
You discuss the angst of the damaged minor as if he is a mere commodity, like a can of chili that fell off the shelf with a dented lid and as such you don't have to pay full price for him anymore. You want to discount your morality because "hey, the can of chili is already dented".. Kids aren't cans of chili for your consumption. If they exhibit signs of sexual damage you should DOUBLE DOWN on protecting them: not the opposite...