Template:Debate Guide:Arguments about adult-minor relationships: Difference between revisions

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Problems with the Age of Consent
Nonhuman relatives - Other species' adult-juvenile sexuality.
Historical Nonadult-Adult sex
All child molesters are pedophiles
Against: Power disparity - Differences in power are not automatically inductive to abuse.
Against: Intrinsic harm - The belief that harm is intrinsic to adult-minor sexuality is demonstrably false.
Against: It's wrong because it's illegal - Homosexuality was once illegal.
Against: Sexual inexperience - Experience is not a necessity. We all start inexperienced.
Against: Profound and lifelong scarring - These characteristics are atypical, often a result of culture and nonconsensual sex.
Against: "Stranger danger" or "It could be anyone" - These two conflicting "expert" opinions are both unfounded and abused to incite fear.
Against: If we could only save one child - Negative utilitarianism is discredited and nonsensical meta-ethics.

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 *[[Debate Guide: Historical Nonadult-Adult sex|Historical Nonadult-Adult sex]]
 *[[Debate Guide: All child molesters are pedophiles|All child molesters are pedophiles]]
+*'''Against:''' [[Debate Guide: Power disparity|Power disparity]] - Differences in power are not automatically inductive to abuse.
+*'''Against:''' [[Debate Guide: Intrinsic harm|Intrinsic harm]] - The belief that harm is intrinsic to adult-minor sexuality is demonstrably false.
+*'''Against:''' [[Debate Guide: It's wrong because it's illegal|It's wrong because it's illegal]] - Homosexuality was once illegal.
+*'''Against:''' [[Debate Guide: Sexual inexperience|Sexual inexperience]] - Experience is not a necessity. We all start inexperienced.
+*'''Against:''' [[Debate Guide: Profound and lifelong scarring|Profound and lifelong scarring]] - These characteristics are atypical, often a result of culture and nonconsensual sex.
+*'''Against:''' [[Debate Guide: "Stranger danger" or "It could be anyone"|"Stranger danger" or "It could be anyone"]] - These two conflicting "expert" opinions are both unfounded and abused to incite fear.
+*'''Against:''' [[Debate Guide: If we could only save one child|If we could only save one child]] - Negative utilitarianism is discredited and nonsensical meta-ethics.