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Well, I guess it's necessary to introduce myself.

I'm a MAP GL (AOA 4-14), slightly in my 30s, who admitted this to myself relatively recently, despite having experienced this kind of attraction for most of my life. I'm pretty withdrawn and, frankly, depressed, and when I decided to come out of the closet at least online and engage in some sort of online activism, it gave me the feeling that I'm not alone. That's worth a lot in these times of total loneliness.

The trigger for me was the numerous cases of teachers being arrested in the US on charges of having sexual relations with minors. It drove me white every time, as I was sure that in most cases it was something wonderful for both partners. I even started arguing with my friends IRL. I had a little less of them after that But at the same time, it served as an excuse for me to be honest with myself. Well, things just fell into place, although the most surprising thing to realize is that you always knew it, you just couldn't admit it.

I'm into a lot of humanities stuff, but it's mostly philosophy in its various expressions. The stuff I like most is, well, pretty abstract stuff, like ontology. I also like to develop lines of argument, drawing on different ethical systems to show that pedophilia should be legalized, at least in a limited way. Although sometimes I wish I could just somehow convey some of my feelings and emotions to people, unfortunately it doesn't work that way. Sometimes I want to tear my hair out and yell "how do you not understand!?!??"

In general, I want to be useful to the community and contribute to change for the better, even though I don't really believe in it. Yes, I'm a bit pessimistic, especially when conservative trends in the world have clearly started to increase. But perhaps things will change in the future and there will be some window of opportunity. I envision it as a double movement from above and below - from above in academia and from below as a social movement. But now we just need to survive and not let ourselves be destroyed.

All the best of luck to everyone, and I look forward to meeting you here!

Welcome Sleepwalker.
It's always great to have more join the cause. The world clearly is being irrational about all this, and it just keeps getting worse and worse. Something must be done, and we're here to get it done.

Welcome

To be fair, the conservative sphere is actually more pro-MAP than most think. Outright pedophilia is fairly commonly expressed and semi-accepted or at casually ignored on /pol/, ATF is heavily right-wing and it's becoming pretty normal to support marrying teens among MGTOW and even relatively moderate conservative circles due to the steeply rising distaste towards "blown out single moms". Not trying to start an argument but MAP sympathy simply is a notable element in the online Right these days that gets overlooked as if we're still in the 90's or 2000's.

Welcome, It can certainly be a relief when you are able to converse with others who understand that part of you.

Hi and welcome. I hope you find your time here helpful for you.

Welcome!

I can relate to a lot of the things you say. I didn't start frequenting these corners of the internet until my 30s either, and I also did it out of a mix of wanting to feel less lonely, which can be really painful, and contributing to a change for the better. And yes, I certainly experience that same frustration when I try to explain to someone why a relationship in which all parties get what they want does no harm and should not be persecuted. So I hope this forum really helps you feel less lonely and makes changes for the better.

Welcome sleepwalker'

I am sure you will get many helpful information in this forum which I consider the best so far in my search conducted. You will find some real life experience the MAP community facing today. In this regard you may go through my reply post today to this same thread.

Welcome, in fact, taking action is a good thing, especially for MAP.