I think you don't need consent to fuck a figment of your imagination. If you start taking things further, it gets problematic. When you get to "I want to rape that girl", you've got a problem.
So, fantasising about a small woman with youthful features is fine. Start thinking of that idea as an actual child, and problems arise. If you get horny seeing children, see a psychiatrist.
Sure, feeling a desire to rape a specific real person is a pretty good line to draw and say, "you're going too far." But that would suggest that there's nothing ethically wrong with consuming and enjoying media depicting rape, as long as there are no real people involved in it, even if the fictional characters involved are children. Is that consistent with your views?
Of course it's not a perfect cutoff where girls suddenly become attractive on their 18th birthday.
However, the second you describe someone you're attracted to as a Child, and remain attracted to them, something is wrong.
for the sake of argument, how do you feel about the exceedingly common attraction to the idea of rape?
I think you don't need consent to fuck a figment of your imagination. If you start taking things further, it gets problematic. When you get to "I want to rape that girl", you've got a problem.
So, fantasising about a small woman with youthful features is fine. Start thinking of that idea as an actual child, and problems arise. If you get horny seeing children, see a psychiatrist.
Sure, feeling a desire to rape a specific real person is a pretty good line to draw and say, "you're going too far." But that would suggest that there's nothing ethically wrong with consuming and enjoying media depicting rape, as long as there are no real people involved in it, even if the fictional characters involved are children. Is that consistent with your views?