Is there any evidence that adults having sex with children is harmful?

[pedo233]

Most people believe that if an adult has sex with a child (especially a prepubescent child), the child will become traumatized or psychologically damaged as they grow older. People think this is an undeniable fact and it doesnt need any evidence to support it.

But are there any studies that show adults having consensual sex with prepubescent children causes mental, emotional, or physical harm to the child?

[Meiwaku_Mailing_Girl]

no

[GL_in_Lyrics]

There is only evidence that it's harmful from cases where the child was forced or severely manipulated. All from negative experiences, not consensual ones.

Also, often feminism tries teaching girls that their positive experiences were negative, and this is sometimes giving girls trauma over times they consented.

[ReArm!]

There is only evidence that it's harmful from cases where the child was forced or severely manipulated. All from negative experiences, not consensual ones.

Also, often feminism tries teaching girls that their positive experiences were negative, and this is sometimes giving girls trauma over times they consented.

10/10! It's exactly that! (feminism and/or traditional puritanism tbh)

[ScuretCutie d(^v^)b]

I only have my own experience to speak from about this, so take it with a grain of salt... Yes. I myself consented to such a thing at 12, and... It ended up hurting me very much mentally. But if I'm being completely honest? It's really because of the school drama, parental abuse (vocal, physical), and inner turmoil that followed. Especially the legal processes... I was made out to be the victim, and whenever I spoke up about the truth, I was told I was wrong, not normal, or straight up bad. If the world wasn't like it is, then maybe I wouldn't have had to go through that pain.

[RoosterDance]

I only have my own experience to speak from about this, so take it with a grain of salt...

Indeed, you have recognized the true nature of this supposed harm. That's very commendable! It's not the sex itself that's the problem (mostly), rather it's society's explosive reaction to it that causes most of the harm most of the time. And Ironically, anti-MAPs with all their "protect the children" rhetoric are completely oblivious to how much they're directly causing this harm. By the way, we often call this iatrogenic harm, or more simply, secondary harm.

And furthermore, as you have witnessed, they don't want to hear your thoughts or feelings. They DEMAND that you feel the way they want you to feel. They need you that way to justify their bloodlust, and other irrational actions. Alas, there's no faster way to ruin a person's confidence and self-worth than to convince them that their thoughts and feelings don't matter.

But you do matter, Scuret! And we love to hear your thoughts here.

[PurpleHouse]

It would be a big step for this to be studied properly.

That would be hard though. I have no idea how it could be studied objectively.

And even if studied properly it would be difficult to change perception.