What do you think of antis who are also minors?
In all honesty I'm terrified of them knowing what they'll likely grow up to be...but that doesn't mean I don't find them cute!
Originally I thought about answering with my own theories and observations to individual comments but then I thought it's be best stated in the original post to prevent spammy looking replies.
I think it's split between hardwiring of the brain and learned social conditioned behavior. I don't think it's just a single reason.
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tbh theyve been brainwashed to believe everything adults say. we need more pro-MAP posts on the big places. like YT, Twitter, etc. and jst more pro-para stuff in general
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I've even read posts from minors arguing for an age of consent higher than their own, or even from people aged 18–20 arguing that the age of consent should be raised above their own age. It’s crazy, because they base their arguments on fallacies like the one about the prefrontal cortex, so they’re basically shooting themselves in the foot. They’re arguing that their brains don’t work properly and that they shouldn’t be allowed to make decisions. We know things like this have happened throughout history—like women who opposed women’s suffrage or Black people defending slavery—but it’s fucking crazy to me. Like, “No, believe me, you have to forbid me from doing this because my brain doesn’t work properly and I’m not capable of making decisions for myself. Although, at the same time, I think this ban should apply to everyone, so I’m not capable of making decisions in my own life but somehow I do know what’s best for everyone else.”
It could be a lot of things, from some weird 'virtue signalling' to them being self-hating paedophiles who don't know any other way to talk about their attraction.
If a young person with limited sexual experiences is passionately obsessed with the topic of age gap relationships, then that either comes from society, or from within themself. Many young child-lovers are confused about their own orientation, they just know that it's 'bad' to admit it. And constantly condemning it seems to be the only socially acceptable way to talk about it all the time.
Not everyone's journey to self-acceptance takes the same trajectory. Some people never attain self-acceptance. And it really must suck being a child-loving teen surrounded by hoards of teleiophilic teens who are all talking about watching adult pr0n and their crushes on adult celebrities, etc. Contemporary society has become so hyper-sexualised... for teliophiles. But there are hardly any safe, legal outlets for a young child-lover to express their attraction.
So when you run into these teen 'antis' online, think of it as a cry for help. Maybe they just want to hear someone tell them, 'Hey, it's okay to be attracted to your friend's little sibling. Fantasies are harmless. It's perfectly natural to like younger kids. And you're not alone, there are lots of good people like you who also love children.'
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Oh theirs a HUGE percent of teens that are antis I'd even go as far as to say most of them. Hang out on social media apps enough and you'll see plenty of teens saying how for example a 16 year old dating an 18 year old is the worst thing possible and how the 18 yo is a groomer.
aeterna91 wrote: Wed Aug 12, 2026 4:42 pm
I've even read posts from minors arguing for an age of consent higher than their own, or even from people aged 18–20 arguing that the age of consent should be raised above their own age. It’s crazy, because they base their arguments on fallacies like the one about the prefrontal cortex, so they’re basically shooting themselves in the foot. They’re arguing that their brains don’t work properly and that they shouldn’t be allowed to make decisions. We know things like this have happened throughout history—like women who opposed women’s suffrage or Black people defending slavery—but it’s fucking crazy to me. Like, “No, believe me, you have to forbid me from doing this because my brain doesn’t work properly and I’m not capable of making decisions for myself. Although, at the same time, I think this ban should apply to everyone, so I’m not capable of making decisions in my own life but somehow I do know what’s best for everyone else.”
If anything.....I just wish they had more pride in themselves than to stoop so low as self infinatilization.
aeterna91 wrote: Wed Aug 12, 2026 4:42 pm
I've even read posts from minors arguing for an age of consent higher than their own
I've seen this too. Usually along the lines of something like, "I'm 17 and I don't feel I'll be ready in a few months?? It should be 21/25/X!"
I think it's a result of how a lot of people are reacting to feelings and changes that they're led to believe are meant to be there, but aren't really. They're told from as early as they're taught sex ed that they aren't ready and they can't handle it, so they need to wait until they're at the age of consent. They reach that age and... they feel the same. They were expecting some big change in how they process things that would suddenly change their perspective towards sex, and it just doesn't happen. Because in reality, there's no real difference.
Random minors' opinions about how it applies to them would apparently not matter, since they are deemed incompetent under the law. The function and original purpose of this particular law is protection of the incompetent, not responding to their "concerns" or "preferences".
It's also an age of consent, and not a forced age of initiation for these random teens. No one is forcing it upon them unless they are breaking the law against nonconsent.
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I think it's sad, but also a predictable consequence of MAP affirming narratives and subcultures being non-existent on the mainstream internet due to overwhelming censorship. They simply don't have exposure to any positive portrayals of MAPs in media or in the online discourse they're submerged in, so they never even have the opportunity to consider that positions other than 'MAPs = evil predators' are allowed.
It also might be related to younger people being shyer and more repressed in general these days. Kids aren't having nearly as much sex anymore. Anxiety about sex is becoming more common. A lot of kids see it as being a scary and uncomfortable thing instead of something exciting and intriguing.
I do think that younger people tend to be more open minded in practice if you actually talk to them and they like you as a person though. Even the ones who buy the anti-MAP stuff fully will hear you out and consider your perspective if they think you're chill. Kids nearly always put personal likability over ideological differences when judging others, so getting them to hear you out is as simple as being nice to them and humanizing yourself to them. Which can be both a good thing and a bad thing, because it also means they're more susceptible to being influenced by people with dogshit right wing politics like Andrew Tate or whatever if they think that person is cool, regardless of how liberal their upbringing was.
If only social media corporations put half as much effort into censoring Nazis and Incels as they do censoring MAPs.
aeterna91 wrote: Wed Aug 12, 2026 4:42 pm
I've even read posts from minors arguing for an age of consent higher than their own
I've seen this too. Usually along the lines of something like, "I'm 17 and I don't feel I'll be ready in a few months?? It should be 21/25/X!"
I think it's a result of how a lot of people are reacting to feelings and changes that they're led to believe are meant to be there, but aren't really. They're told from as early as they're taught sex ed that they aren't ready and they can't handle it, so they need to wait until they're at the age of consent. They reach that age and... they feel the same. They were expecting some big change in how they process things that would suddenly change their perspective towards sex, and it just doesn't happen. Because in reality, there's no real difference.
Not to be that guy and i could be very wrong but....it feels to me a lot of teens that are THAT extreme are the chronically online variety screaming "groomer" over everything and that has not even held a girl or guys hand yet let alone thought about sex.
Non chronically online teens id wager get out more, form relationships with their peers have awkward first time sex just like in the old days lol
