Template:Debate Guide:Arguments about children and minors: Difference between revisions

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People under the age of majority can be sexual...

Against: Cognitive ability = consent - Some argue that true informed consent to voluntary sexual activity is a "special case".
Against: Childhood innocence - Childhood innocence is not a state of asexuality that can be "stolen".
Evolutionary logic - Why CSA trauma makes no sense in evolutionary terms.
Cyclical paternalism - Protecting children brings about the need to protect them more.

Sexually repressing children and minors does not benefit them...

Against: Online dangers - The internet is generally not a dangerous place for minors.
Reverse sexualization - Popular acknowledgement of sexuality in nude photography is revealing.
Liberty-empowerment - Empowering young people will benefit them.
Turn of events - How the reporting and prosecution of sex can change the perspective of a youth.

Child advocacy is often illogical...

Against: The kids do not want it - Legal minors must supposedly "embrace" or "consent to" law reforms.
Against: Teen brain - Ideas of a distinct, or inferior "teen brain" are value-laden, outdated western pseudoscience.
Against: Corresponding age attraction - Questions the assumption of a unique "childhood" sexual orientation.

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 *''Against:'' [[Debate Guide: The kids do not want it|The kids do not want it]] - Legal minors must supposedly "embrace" or "consent to" law reforms.
-*''Against:'' [[Debate Guide: Teen brain|Teen brain]] - Teen brain speculating (inferiority) is value laden, pseudoscientific propaganda.
+*''Against:'' [[Debate Guide: Teen brain|Teen brain]] - Ideas of a distinct, or inferior "teen brain" are value-laden, outdated western pseudoscience.
 *''Against:'' [[Debate Guide: Corresponding age attraction|Corresponding age attraction]] - Questions the assumption of a unique "childhood" sexual orientation.