It is not *the same* as rape but it is a violation of personal space If it happened to an adult we wouldn't hesitate to call it assault or harassment, if the adult were upset enough about it to bring charges It trains kids to accept violation from loved ones
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I think the reason for an age of consent is just that, the issue *of consent* - that an adult has so much legal and social power over a minor that a minor cannot meaningfully consent to the consequences of sex with an adult I do NOT think it's a matter of "innocence" and "taint"
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A lot of the rhetoric around this presumes that a child is fundamentally "pure", "innocent", basically asexual And that to introduce sexuality into their lives is to "ruin" them, "corrupt" them (the old law is literally called "corruption of minors") I think this is fucked up
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