why is everything considered pedophilia nowadays??

[golderrr]

people annoy me so much, i have a friend whos 20 and recently he started dating a 17 year old. hes literally the sweetest and nicest guy ever and ive seen some people calling him a "pedophile" and a "creep" for it

saying someones a pedophile for dating someone whos 17 is just so stupid. especially when they just got out of their teens a few months ago. its literally a 3 YEAR AGE GAP. it makes me so sad because hes super upset over it i wish i could tell him that id love him even if he was one

also the implication that being a MAP/pedophile is wrong in the first place... its just another way to spread more hate to us for simply being attracted to someone.

sorry for the rant im just so annoyed that people act like were terrible, evil people and then throw those labels at someone doing literally nothing wrong

[LittlePrincessLover]

17 is one year above the age of consent in some countries. Some people are loons. Besides that there are many 17 year old girls who look like adults and can easily pass for older. It’s not even remotely the same.

[golderrr]

17 is one year above the age of consent in some countries. Some people are loons. Besides that there are many 17 year old girls who look like adults and can easily pass for older. It’s not even remotely the same.

right? ive seen 17 year olds that look and act like theyre in their 20s

[Fragment]

Two words:
moral panic

They only intensify. Until they finally break.

[Outis]

It is dumb.

There's a girl I know who's 17 and has a boyfriend 16 and she's joked how when she turns 18 she could adopt him. Teenagers find the whole situation as dumb as well. Many teenagers have sex below the age of consent and date people above and below, the law is seen as an ass and largely irrelevant. Telling a horny teen to wait until they're 18 when they'll magically gain wisdom is like telling a 20 year old to stop masturbating until they're 40 when they'll gain the wisdom of their ancestors or telling a 40 year old to stop eating meat until they're 60 when they'll gain the wisdom of meat eaters. Laws don't change reality, they just highlight the idiocy of law makers.

[LittlePrincessLover]

17 is one year above the age of consent in some countries. Some people are loons. Besides that there are many 17 year old girls who look like adults and can easily pass for older. It’s not even remotely the same.

right? ive seen 17 year olds that look and act like theyre in their 20s

Spot on. 17 is a joke. There are several places in the world where it’s fairly accepted to see girls much younger than that dating far older adult men and many people don’t care about it. So at least it isn’t an attitude that you find everywhere.