ominio

If you stop and think for a second though, a/2 + 7 would actually be a workable rule. If not for a written law, then something for a judge to take into account when exercising discretion in sentencing/conviction.

A 20yo could get with a 17yo

An 18yo could get with a 16yo

A 16yo could get with 15yo

Then it levels out at 14yo (=14yo), below which it all becomes illegal again since the formula starts spitting out ages older than your own, who are themselves forbidden from touching you by virtue of the formula.

A flexible rule like this would in many ways be better than a single arbitrary number, since it removes the bizarre scenarios such as the fact that 2 consenting 15yos are technically raping each other (Australian law, I assume America has something similar?)

As terrible as it is for the children involved, I think we also tend to forget as a society that if someone is unfortunately endowed with an attraction to children, then unfortunately for them it may be completely out of their control, just as is the case for homosexual orientation, as the gay community has fought so hard to make people realise. In many ways I think this makes people such as yourself deserving of a large dose of pity rather than hatred, as you're cursed with this attraction you must forever suppress.

Question: Do you think it's correct to say that there are two categories of paedophiles: genuine child-attracted people, and opportunistic paedophiles, who otherwise have a (relatively) normal orientation but take advantage of situations in which they wield undue influence over vulnerable children? Or is it far more complicated than that/the lines are too blurred?

So just to be clear, do you agree that genuine paedophiles as a group are quite distinct from opportunistic predators? Because if so then society really needs to wrap its head around that distinction