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by Peter Caldwell
Sat Sep 14, 2024 9:39 am
Forum: General MAP Discussion
Topic: Cognitive distortions
Replies: 14
Views: 4493

Re: Cognitive distortions

A person should have sex whenever they feel it is needed. No. Obviously not, otherwise people would be at it the whole time. Umm... Why exactly does that sound like a problem to you? All of us think about sex more times daily than hours we are awake. That is our biology letting us know what we shou...
by Peter Caldwell
Fri Sep 13, 2024 11:34 am
Forum: General MAP Discussion
Topic: Permissible relationships
Replies: 14
Views: 2255

Re: Permissible relationships

When it comes to relationships, according to the latest psychological paradigm (ofc they make a special exception for minor/non-minor relationships), there are but two questions to ask: Are you happy? Are you functional? If the answer is yes to both, intervention is unwarranted, even if other people...
by Peter Caldwell
Tue Jul 30, 2024 10:04 am
Forum: General MAP Discussion
Topic: The plight of minors, and holding antis accountable for it
Replies: 7
Views: 2437

Re: The plight of minors, and holding antis accountable for it

I don't condone sex with minors or any other creepy behavior towards them but another good argument is that a hard consent line guarantees the minor's first sexual experience with an older person will be an awful one. Sex by adults on children is already unethical but only the worst quality, most c...
by Peter Caldwell
Fri Jul 19, 2024 4:17 pm
Forum: General MAP Discussion
Topic: Cognitive distortions
Replies: 14
Views: 4493

Re: Cognitive distortions

In Howitt & Sheldon, another study on the topic, when cognitive distortions are grouped they use 4 common categories of distortions. 1) Children are sexual objects (I fucking hate the name of this one, it should be called "children as sexual subjects", at least) 2) Uncontrollability (...
by Peter Caldwell
Fri Jul 19, 2024 4:10 pm
Forum: Theorycrafting
Topic: We must come out (Harvey Milk speech)
Replies: 3
Views: 1654

Re: We must come out (Harvey Milk speech)

I came out to my mom a couple of years ago. She was initially like, "you can't have what you want. Not only is it illegal, but it's immoral, too." Now she's firmly in my corner. She's glad I told her because she would have never changed his opinion otherwise. We had a conversation a few we...
by Peter Caldwell
Fri Jul 19, 2024 4:00 pm
Forum: Theorycrafting
Topic: How to progress
Replies: 8
Views: 2466

Re: How to progress

Even if the whole thing about teens being hormonal, reckless, and incapable of thinking about the future were true, it's not an argument against adult/teen relationships like they think it is. If true, the absolute last thing we would want is for teens to multiply their stupidity by dating each othe...
by Peter Caldwell
Fri Jul 19, 2024 1:51 pm
Forum: General MAP Discussion
Topic: MAP movement in Latin America?
Replies: 6
Views: 2390

Re: MAP movement in Latin America?

I think there was an attempt by the Brazilian government in 2012 to lower the AoC to 12 because 14 was unrealistically high, but there was backlash by the public, so they dropped it. About half of the states in Mexico still have a minimum age of consent of 12, so there's not really much need for a M...