If there was an adult that gave a kid nothing but candy to eat, the kid would also enjoy it most of the time (I wouldn't since I have never liked candy. But I'm an odd case). That doesn't mean it's beneficial for the child.
It is in fact harmful for the child, but they certainly consent to eating it. Here is the guy "Sound of Freedom" is based on admitting that pedophiles are seeking consent:
Relationships would be better guided by society. In the USA, 30% of children had sex before 16.
That's a problem.
Perhaps, but not a problem of rape.
Allowing such relationships wouldnt cause every child to have STI.
A lot of kids are going to get STIs, and a lifetime of having STIs isn't worth 3 minutes of sexual pleasure. At least with pregnancy, that kid would grow up in 19 years. STIs last with you the rest of your life.
This is extreme over generalization. The most permanent of all 'common' STDs (HIV) has for most intents and purposes been cured.
But most child-child relationships are discovered because it's legal.
That does not follow. Minors often hide their sexual behavior from parents.
Given that adults tend to be very controlling of kids they are close too, it does more harm.
This is the most coherent theory of harm. Specifically the perception of being tricked, deceived, and used by someone you trusted is the source of trauma (excluding rape and kidnapping with their obvious mechanisms of trauma).
With parents, you know the parent is looking out for their kid's best interests
You hope, you don't know.
A 8 year old child doesn’t even know what an STI is.
Nor did anyone know it better than an eight year old can until a hundred years ago. It hardly matters when STIs can be ruled out of a particular context.
If the kid didn’t want the pedo prosecuted, in court, the kid would have defended the pedo and said that it was consensual. If that was the standard, I don’t think pedophillia would be as stigmatized as it is now because there would be reports done by mainstream media about how kids are in trauma about their adult lovers being killed.
There is missing evidence there, however it can be explained by sacrificing one element of the standard pedo platform: the idea that children are making independent decisions.
I think they'll just feel and say whatever they think the adults around them want, at least when they feel frightened at the consequences (which you can feel even without being threatened with violence).
So they cooperate with pedos and tell them they enjoyed it and they cooperate with cops and parents saying it was horrible.
If that is what's going on in many cases it's proof enough the minor was not ready.
However let’s say every time a white person had sex with a black person, the blacks person called it rape. Then having sex with black people would get viewed comparably to pedophillia.
I feel like that thought experiment was overly distant and ornate. It also seems to imply that what a court may decide in this bizarre alternate world has any significance, but a society so ready to ignore easily derived truths could hardly be trusted to have reliable judges anymore than our reality.
In any case, one may presume that the blacks in that world who don't feel they've been raped won't be running to the police about it. Thus you would be waiting for the statistically tiny scenario of discovery unwanted by either party, and even then you presume that the culture would accept a black's objections instead of just pitying them further for being "brainwashed and manipulated", however the black person being in fact intelligent could predict that response and thus saves themself by keeping their silence.
If there was a 12 year old kid who enjoyed sex with adults (I don’t know your type), there would be prosecutions, the kid would have argued that they feel more traumatized from their adult partner being prosecuted than they did from sex, it would make mainstream news, and there would be a movement (that would have won decades ago) that legalized pedophillia.
I am not convinced a 12 year old would have been allowed to make such claims, and especially not convinced the media would amplify the message.
But 12 year old kids don’t like having sex.
It's more precise to say of those who would consent to sex of some kind very few would consent to sex with 'pervy old men', not without some other motivator on the table.
I never really enjoyed porn or anything similar until I was 14 I think, and just because I liked the porn doesn’t mean I would want to do that in real life. Pretty much all porn I watch I would never want to emulate.
That is unusual, almost as unusual as Korea's claims of prepubescent masturbation.
And how far does the claim, “children can consent” go? Like would you be okay with legalizing having sex with very drunk people that are awake but loony (like how children usually act)? I’ve never been drunk, but I’ve seen drunk people in videos before.
Just because there is consent, doesn't mean in should be legal. Your child self would consent to be in the car going 100 mph (your story above) but that doesn't mean it's safe, responsible parenting, or acceptable driving in general.
They are going to regret any sex they have when they become sober.
That is not guaranteed. It's a risk, not a certainty. Something to keep in mind as you have people out there claiming that a married person having sex with a sleeping spouse is rape. (It isn't if they gave blanket consent beforehand which can and does happen).
