The image that gets conjures up by these arguments is of single, straight, childless adult women slavering over fake teenage boys as a predatory proxy for real ones, which - aside from conflating fiction for reality - ignores anyone who is happily partnered, queer and/or a parent
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At this point, I can hear in the distance the outraged screeching of antis: "OH MY GOD, JUST DON'T BE GROSS, IS THAT SO HARD?" LISTEN, IF YOUR ONLY DEFINITION OF "GROSS" IS "STUFF THAT MAKES ME, SPECIFICALLY, UNCOMFORTABLE, SUBJECT TO VARIOUS INDIVIDUAL CAVEATS," IT KIND OF IS
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I've definitely said something similar to this on my community listserv when people are asking what the police can do to fix a mild inconvenience, but a thing can be annoying or upsetting to you without it actually being a flaw in the system, or a crime, or a real problem.
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Welcome to interacting with other people! Sometimes our needs and desires are incompatible with each other, but this doesn't mean one person must automatically be Morally Bad! We just have to negotiate with each other and work on personal boundaries!
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