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*[[Debate Guide: Problems with the Age of Consent|Problems with the Age of Consent]]
'''People fail to appreciate the flaws of Age of Consent laws...'''
 
*[[Debate Guide: Problems with the Age of Consent|Problems with the Age of Consent]] - There are numerous flaws, listed on this page.
*''Against:'' [[Debate Guide: It's wrong because it's illegal|It's wrong because it's illegal]] - Homosexuality was once illegal.
*''Against:'' [[Debate Guide: Legal pragmatism|Legal pragmatism]] - It is sometimes wrongly argued that there is a ''permanent'' pragmatic argument for keeping the Age of Consent.
*''Against:'' [[Debate Guide: There is no law that prohibits minors|There is no law that prohibits minors]] - The nonsensical argument that claims children are already sexually emancipated.
 
'''Myths and bad meta-ethics plague discussions of expressed adult-minor sexuality...'''
 
*''Against:'' [[Debate Guide: All child molesters are pedophiles|All child molesters are pedophiles]] - This belief is demonstrably false.
*''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: Sexual inexperience|Sexual inexperience]] - Experience is not a necessity. We all start inexperienced.
*''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.
*''Against:'' [[Debate Guide: Child sexualisation and objectification|Child sexualisation and objectification]] - Claims that sexuality may consume the life or identity of a minor are bizarre and unrealistic.
 
'''Levels of harm are exaggerated and the sources are completely misunderstood...'''
 
*''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: Profound and lifelong scarring|Profound and lifelong scarring]] - These characteristics are atypical, often a result of culture and nonconsensual sex.
*''Against:'' [[Debate Guide: Doomed from the beginning|Doomed from the beginning]] - It is sometimes assumed that adult-minor relationships will die as the youngster grows older.
 
'''Other societies and species are points of interest...'''
 
*[[Debate Guide: Nonhuman relatives|Nonhuman relatives]] - Other species' adult-juvenile sexuality.
*[[Debate Guide: Nonhuman relatives|Nonhuman relatives]] - Other species' adult-juvenile sexuality.
*[[Debate Guide: Historical Nonadult-Adult sex|Historical Nonadult-Adult sex]]
*[[Debate Guide: Historical Nonadult-Adult sex|Historical Nonadult-Adult sex]] - Historical precedent for adult-minor sexual emacipation.
*[[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.
'''And what do those who experienced it have to say?'''
*'''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.
*[[Accounts and Testimonies|Our database of accounts]]
*'''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.
*'''Against:''' [[Debate Guide: Legal pragmatism|Legal pragmatism]] - It is sometimes wrongly argued that there is a ''permanent'' pragmatic argument for keeping the Age of Consent.
*'''Against:''' [[Debate Guide: Child sexualisation and objectification|Child sexualisation and objectification]] - Claims that sexuality may consume the life or identity of a minor are bizarre and unrealistic.
*'''Against:''' [[Debate Guide: Doomed from the beginning|Doomed from the beginning]] - It is sometimes assumed that adult-minor relationships will die as the youngster grows older.
*'''Against:''' [[Debate Guide: There is no law that prohibits minors|There is no law that prohibits minors]] - The nonsensical argument that claims children are already sexually emancipated.

Revision as of 18:41, 18 December 2008

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...

  • 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: Profound and lifelong scarring - These characteristics are atypical, often a result of culture and nonconsensual sex.
  • Against: Doomed from the beginning - It is sometimes assumed that adult-minor relationships will die as the youngster grows older.

Other societies and species are points of interest...

And what do those who experienced it have to say?

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