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I think "don't have sex with teenagers if you're a middle aged man" is pretty far from some sort of categorical dilemma.



It’s not in the sense that it’s currently legal in every US state to have sex with teenagers (18 and 19). So I don’t think it’s a categorical dilemma in that the entire US legally allows it. And laws are based on morals, etc etc.

And then there are states and countries with even lower legal ages.

Just because I think it’s skeevy, doesn’t mean society is settled on it.

Take a look at strip clubs and professional porn and you’ll find tons of 18 year olds being salivated on by middle aged men (and I suppose middle aged people of all genders, but mostly men).

I recently read the bio of sex actress Sasha Grey who started making porn days after her 18th birthday and won industry awards and Hollywood fame as a teenager.


I don't care about the law.

If you are a 40 year old man with substantial financial power, and you're on a private island where a teenager suddenly wants to have sex with you, that throws an entire universe of red flags. It may not be illegal, but it would absolutely be the basis for me to cut someone out of my life, and I'm disappointed the galaxy brain libertarians here don't see what's obviously problematic about it.


You moved the goalposts to the next state over.




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