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Because I think a long term goal should be to tackle those biases, and instead I think the proposal of a test would reinforce them. We would have to concede to the common belief that sex so complicated that you practically need a license for it. That would kill any possibility of convincing people ...

I was recommended Murakami again the other day. I read the first couple of pages of 1Q84 a couple of years ago, it seemed like I might enjoy it, but I forgot about it. What do you guys think about Murakami?

What does SOL mean?

Most of the MAPs here want society to be more accepting. The younger you try to get acceptance, the harder it gets.

For example, the easiest argument is to say 17 year olds can consent.

I think hebephilia is more common than pedophilia (consider all those memes about adolescents being more fertile ...

Two ideas:

1. Identifying, documenting, and analyzing previous successes (if there are any). Have MAP related causes (e.g. freedom of expression, humane treatment of sex offenders) been successfully defended or advanced under certain conditions, and failed in others?
2. Reaching out to experts ...

How many pedophiles are you likely to know? (e.g., 1 in 10, 1 in a 100)
True or false: pro-contact means a pedophile who abuses children?
Is pedophilia caused by abuse or is it something people are born with?
Can pedophilia be changed through therapy?

In a nutshell, the reasoning here is that if one accepts that the desire itself isn't necessarily evil this entails that it can be positive (or neutral), and this in turn implies that the corresponding act also can be positive (or neutral). This mere possibility is generally viewed as unacceptable ...

At the time, my understanding of this fact was that it was due to people misunderstanding the difference between the sexual preference for minors and the desire to commit sexual assault, or else that people did not believe that MAPs were generally capable of controlling their "urges".
I don't ...

I'd say I'd have three reservations outside of whether people are actually AAMs:

1. Outside of Generation Z and younger, I don't think people deny the existence of AAMs.
2. Those who would deny AAMs exist would attribute this activism to grooming rather than coming from authentic experience.
3. The ...

Having sex with an underage minor gives MAPs a bad name. Obey the law, no matter how you feel about it. We need to stop creating victims and acting surprised when the world turns against us.
I disagree, I think people still hate MAPs even if they don't break the law, so I wouldn't blame the ...