Advice
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The task at hand...
Responding to others...
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Arguments about pedophilia/other attractions
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Too many people hold conflicting beliefs about pedophilia and other sexuality...
Popular anti-pedophile sentiments and common human flaws go hand in hand...
Pedophilia and human sexuality are mischaracterized and misunderstood...
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Arguments about children and minors
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People under the age of majority can be sexual...
Sexually repressing children and minors does not benefit them...
- Against: Online dangers - The internet is generally not a dangerous place for minors.
- Reverse sexualization - Popular acknowledgement of sexuality in nude photography is revealing.
- Liberty-empowerment - Empowering young people will benefit them.
- Turn of events - How the reporting and prosecution of sex can change the perspective of a youth.
Child advocacy is often illogical...
- Against: The kids do not want it - Legal minors must supposedly "embrace" or "consent to" law reforms.
- Against: Teen brain - Ideas of a distinct, or inferior "teen brain" are value-laden, outdated western pseudoscience.
- Against: Corresponding age attraction - Questions the assumption of a unique "childhood" sexual orientation.
From the encyclopedia...
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Arguments about adult-minor relationships
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People fail to appreciate the flaws of Age of Consent laws...
Myths and bad meta-ethics plague discussions of expressed adult-minor sexuality...
Levels of harm are exaggerated and the sources are completely misunderstood...
Other societies and species are points of interest...
Many people also speak from direct experience...
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Other arguments
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Other arguments don't relate fundamentally to attractions, minors or relationships...
Debate Guide is a work in progress, and some material is undeveloped...
From the encyclopedia...
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