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*''Against:'' [[Debate Guide: It's wrong because it's illegal|It's wrong because it's illegal]] - Homosexuality was once illegal. | *''Against:'' [[Debate Guide: It's wrong because it's illegal|It's wrong because it's illegal]] - Homosexuality was once illegal. | ||
*''Against:'' [[Debate Guide: Legal pragmatism|Legal pragmatism]] - It wrongly argued that there is a ''permanent'' pragmatic argument for keeping the AoC. | *''Against:'' [[Debate Guide: Legal pragmatism|Legal pragmatism]] - It is wrongly argued that there is a ''permanent'' pragmatic argument for keeping the AoC. | ||
*''Against:'' [[Debate Guide: There is no law that prohibits minors|There is no law that prohibits minors]] - Nonsensical argument claiming children are already sexually emancipated. | *''Against:'' [[Debate Guide: There is no law that prohibits minors|There is no law that prohibits minors]] - Nonsensical argument claiming children are already sexually emancipated. | ||
*[[Debate Guide: Problems with the Age of Consent|Problems with the Age of Consent]] - There are numerous flaws, listed on this page. | *[[Debate Guide: Problems with the Age of Consent|Problems with the Age of Consent]] - There are numerous flaws, listed on this page. | ||
Revision as of 00:59, 17 April 2022
People fail to appreciate the flaws of Age of Consent laws...
- Against: It's wrong because it's illegal - Homosexuality was once illegal.
- Against: Legal pragmatism - It is wrongly argued that there is a permanent pragmatic argument for keeping the AoC.
- Against: There is no law that prohibits minors - Nonsensical argument claiming children are already sexually emancipated.
- Problems with the Age of Consent - There are numerous flaws, listed on this page.
Myths and bad meta-ethics plague discussions of expressed adult-minor sexuality...
- Against: All child molesters are pedophiles - This belief is demonstrably false.
- Against: "Stranger danger" or "It could be anyone" - Two conflicting "expert" opinions (both unfounded, abused to incite fear).
- Against: Sexual inexperience - Experience is not a necessity. We all start inexperienced.
- Against: If we could only save one child - Negative utilitarianism is discredited and nonsensical meta-ethics.
- Against: Child sexualisation and objectification - Sex/physical relationships needn't be all-consuming .
Levels of harm are exaggerated and the sources are completely misunderstood...
- Against: Power disparity/Stockholm Syndrome - Differences in power are not automatically inductive to abuse.
- Against: Profound and lifelong scarring - These characteristics are atypical and not intrinsic.
- Against: Recidivism is highest among child sex offenders - Demonstrably false.
- Against: Doomed from the beginning - Will adult-minor relationships really die off as the youngster grows older?
Other societies and species are points of interest...
- Nonhuman relatives - Other species' adult-juvenile sexuality.
- Historical nonadult-adult sex - Historical precedent for adult-minor sexual emacipation.
And what do those who experienced it have to say?
- Our database of accounts - An anecdotal study.