WARNING B4uact debate guide for the sexual emancipation of minors and minor attracted adults

WARNING B4uact debate guide for the sexual emancipation of minors and minor attracted adults

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WARNING DO NOT CLICK ON ANY OF THESE LINKS THIS IS TO BE USED FOR EDUCATION PURPOSES EXAMPLE OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND THIS GROUP THANK YOU  Debate Guide is a growing list of arguments and counter arguments for the sexual emancipation of minors and minor attracted adults. It also functions as centre for advice, links and external debate resources pertaining to these issues and the age of consent. Why not considerreading our introduction or getting involved in the wider wiki project or forum? Advice The task at hand... Starting a debate Don't be too rational Responding to others... Logical fallacies and intergenerational sexuality - A list of important logical fallacies used in debates on adult-minor sexuality. Responding to misdefinitions. Responding to rhetoric - Its subversive use is common. Social constructionism - One term for an important, underpinning theory. Context-specific considerations - Unclassified advice. Arguments about pedophilia/other attractions Too many people hold conflicting beliefs about pedophilia and other sexuality... Against: Pedophiles chose their condition - Like other orientations, pedophilia is not a choice. Against: Pedophilia is unnatural - How can an unchosen sexual orientation not be part of nature? Popular anti-pedophile sentiments and common human flaws go hand in hand... Self-loathing hatred - What do violently anti-pedophile sentiments reveal about their beholders? Parenthood and pedophilia - Parenthood structures perceptions of the pedophile. Against: Only a pedophile would make this argument - Irrelevant and nonsensical. Pedophilia and human sexuality are mischaracterised and misunderstood... The discursive nature of human sexuality - How humans' diverse affective feelings are sometimes categorised as "sexual". Against: Cognitive distortions - The justification for this slur against pedophiles is a fallacious, circular argument. Against: Sex and violence are as one in the psyche - There is no rational basis for conflating pedophiles' sexual interest with violence or psychopathy. Against: Corresponding age attraction - Questions the assumption of a unique "childhood" sexual orientation. Arguments about children and minors Sex, children and minors are not incompatible... Evolutionary logic - Why CSA makes no sense in evolutionary terms. Cyclical paternalism - Protecting children brings about the need to protect them more. Prior experience - There is only one true way of gaining sexual experience. The fallacy of "sexual maturity" - The concept, as used in child advocacy is fatally flawed. Against: Cognitive ability - Some argue that sexual intimacy requires a level that minors have not yet reached. Against: Childhood innocence - Childhood innocence is not a state of asexuality that can be "stolen". Sexually repressing children and minors does not benefit them... Sexual neglect - Neglect of a child's sexuality may be abusive. Reverse sexualisation - Popular acknowledgement of sexuality in nude photography is revealing. Liberty-empowerment - Empowering young people will benefit them. Turn of events - How the reporting and prosecution of sex can change the perspective of a youth. Against: Online dangers - The internet is generally not a dangerous place for minors. Child advocacy is often illogical... Against: The kids do not want it - Disputes the claim that minors' general apathy in calling for reform counts as an argument against. Against: Teen brain - Teen brain speculating (inferiority) is value laden, pseudoscientific propaganda. From the encyclopedia... Youth are sexually persecuted through the legal system So-called child pornography and it's effects on minors. Arguments about adult-minor relationships People fail to appreciate the flaws of Age of Consent laws... Problems with the Age of Consent - There are numerous flaws, listed on this page. Against: It's wrong because it's illegal - Homosexuality was once illegal. Against: Legal pragmatism - It is sometimes wrongly argued that there is a permanent pragmatic argument for keeping the Age of Consent. Against: There is no law that prohibits minors - The nonsensical argument that claims children are already sexually emancipated. Myths and bad meta-ethics plague discussions of expressed adult-minor sexuality... Against: All child molesters are pedophiles - This belief is demonstrably false. Against: "Stranger danger" or "It could be anyone" - These two conflicting "expert" opinions are both unfounded and abused to incite fear. Against: Sexual inexperience - Experience is not a necessity. We all start inexperienced. Against: If we could only save one child- Negative utilitarianism is discredited and nonsensical meta-ethics. Against: Child sexualisation and objectification - Claims that sexuality may consume the life or identity of a minor are bizarre and unrealistic. Levels of harm are exaggerated and the sources are completely misunderstood... Against: Power disparity - Differences in power are not automatically inductive to abuse. Against: Intrinsic harm - The belief that harm is intrinsic to adult-minor sexuality is demonstrably false. Against: Profound and lifelong scarring- These characteristics are atypical, often a result of culture and nonconsensual sex. Against: Doomed from the beginning - It is sometimes assumed that adult-minor relationships will die as the youngster grows older. Other societies and species are points of interest... Nonhuman relatives - Other species' adult-juvenile sexuality. Historical nonadult-adult sex - Historical precedent for adult-minor sexual emacipation. And what do those who experienced it have to say? Our database of accounts - An anecdotal study. Other arguments Child abuse industry - Child sexual abuse has an "industrial complex" all of its own. The professional victim - The sexual abuse discourse perpetuates itself via well-meaning victims. The hypocritical establishment - Why concerns about child abuse may be disingenuous. Sexual repression as a tool of the state- It is in the interest of authoritarian states to persecute sexuality. Abuse of language - Language is misused and redefined to suit nefarious purposes. Blame game - How societies and individuals look for easy scapegoats. Short arguments - A large number of smaller argumens for use in debates. Against: All good parents would know - Some wrongly argue that only parents are qualified to make judgements. Against: Recidivism is highest among child sex offenders - Demonstrably false. Against: Your arguments must be self-serving - This emotional, accusative and fallacious argument is irrelevant. Against: Porn is the theory, rape is its practise - Child pornography is sometimes seen as inductive to sexual abuse. There is no foundation for this belief. From the encyclopedia... Hysterical reactions have many adverse effects SOR problems - Registries for sexual offenders are unfair and counteractive. Child pornography is much misunderstood, and is most certainlynot a multibillion dollar industry (research). Thank you for reading You may also find some other resources of ours useful in debate situations. Check out research for a collection of scientific research and other demonstrative references on matters relevant to minor sexuality. People and organisations is an easy to use database of all the individuals and organisations of interest to those who follow our ethos. Our database of real-life stories lists personal testimonies intended to be used as evidence of positive relationships. Links (Fora)documents some fora that may be receptive to your arguments and lists examples of this. Debate Guide was written by a range of authors during the years 2006-09. If you are not pleased with the quality of Debate Guide, consider getting involved. From the simplest of corrections to the most complex of new arguments, we want to hear from you. Just drop by the feedback forum, or e-mail an administrator. You could even be given membership to edit this wiki!http://newgon.com/wiki/Debate_Guide