23 Sep, 2024: Our collection of material documenting harassment, doxing and allegations of illegal behavior against MAPs, on the part of a purportedly "MAP" group, is now complete. A second article documenting a campaign of disinformation by said group is nearing completion, and will be shared here.
Template:Debate Guide:Arguments about adult-minor relationships
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 minors 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.
Many people also speak from direct experience...
- Our database of accounts - An anecdotal study, including useful infographics.