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*[[Debate Guide: Evolutionary logic|Evolutionary logic]] - Trauma from voluntary age-gap relations makes no sense in evolutionary terms. | *[[Debate Guide: Evolutionary logic|Evolutionary logic]] - Trauma from voluntary age-gap relations makes no sense in evolutionary terms. | ||
*[[Debate Guide: Cyclical paternalism|Cyclical paternalism]] - Protecting minors brings about the need to protect them more. | *[[Debate Guide: Cyclical paternalism|Cyclical paternalism]] - Protecting minors brings about the need to protect them more. | ||
*[[Debate Guide: Liberty-empowerment|Liberty-empowerment]] - Empowering young people will benefit them. | |||
'''Anti age-gap arguments are really anti-youth arguments...''' | '''Anti age-gap arguments are really anti-youth arguments...''' | ||
*''Against:'' [[Debate Guide: The kids do not want it|The kids do not want it]] - Legal minors (who are supposedly too stupid to consent) are suddenly required to show enthusiasm for law reforms that [[anti]]s dispute, but not ones that take their rights away. | |||
*''Against:'' [[Debate Guide: Teen brain|Teen brain]] - Ideas of a distinct, or inferior "teen brain" are value-laden, outdated western pseudoscience. | *''Against:'' [[Debate Guide: Teen brain|Teen brain]] - Ideas of a distinct, or inferior "teen brain" are value-laden, outdated western pseudoscience.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" or "between minors" sexual orientation. | *''Against:'' [[Debate Guide: Corresponding age attraction|Corresponding age attraction]] - Questions the assumption of a unique "childhood" or "between minors" sexual orientation. | ||
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*''Against:'' [[Debate Guide: Online dangers|Online dangers]] - The internet is generally not a dangerous place for minors. | *''Against:'' [[Debate Guide: Online dangers|Online dangers]] - The internet is generally not a dangerous place for minors. | ||
*[[Debate Guide: Reverse sexualization|Reverse sexualization]] - Popular acknowledgement of sexuality in nude photography is revealing. | *[[Debate Guide: Reverse sexualization|Reverse sexualization]] - Popular acknowledgement of sexuality in nude photography is revealing. | ||
*[[Debate Guide: Turn of events|Turn of events]] - How the reporting and prosecution of sex can change the perspective of a youth. | *[[Debate Guide: Turn of events|Turn of events]] - How the reporting and prosecution of sex can change the perspective of a youth. | ||
Revision as of 21:26, 6 April 2024
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 a highly problematic concept.
- Evolutionary logic - Trauma from voluntary age-gap relations makes no sense in evolutionary terms.
- Cyclical paternalism - Protecting minors brings about the need to protect them more.
- Liberty-empowerment - Empowering young people will benefit them.
Anti age-gap arguments are really anti-youth arguments...
- Against: The kids do not want it - Legal minors (who are supposedly too stupid to consent) are suddenly required to show enthusiasm for law reforms that antis dispute, but not ones that take their rights away.
- 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" or "between minors" sexual orientation.
Sexually repressing 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.
- Turn of events - How the reporting and prosecution of sex can change the perspective of a youth.
From the encyclopedia...
- Youth are sexually oppressed through the legal system
- So-called "child pornography" and its effects on minors.