It's not illegal, but it's still weird, creepy and potentially harmful and no amount of lambasting about "the problematic age gap discourse" will make it not true.
It's not illegal, but it's still weird, creepy and potentially harmful and no amount of lambasting about "the problematic age gap discourse" will make it not true.
no one's denying their autonomy. people under 18 cannot consent because they're not adults. we, as a society, recognize that they need to be protected from predatory adults. that doesn't disappear because they've turned 18. they still need to be protected from predatory adults.