
Originally Posted by
Llamas
The comparison fails because being attracted to children is fucked up. It's not because it's illegal; it's because there's something wrong with you if you seriously want to fuck children. Obviously a pedophile who fights the urge is SIGNIFICANTLY less terrible than one who does it... and obviously someone who's interested in someone who seems adult-like (15-year-olds can seem mature/adult-like these days) is much less creepy than someone who wants children, but it's really not comparable to if having sex with women was arbitrarily illegal.
How is it terrible just to have the attraction?
My main thing is, I don't think the psychology behind discerning who you choose to associate with is complicated. It's pretty simple actually. However, from a policy perspective we must err on the side of caution. So if 75% of minors are psychologically ready to make decisions like this at the age of 17, we must still set the age of consent at 18 for the remaining 25%.
When they said "sit down", I stood up.