Age of consent, paedophilia, NAMBLA etc.

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I can see this discussion opening a can of worms, nothing brings out the passion in people like a discussion of paedophilia.

NAMBLA is wrong, its a very small group of people that are effectively fighting for their own rights to seek sexual gratification in an immoral manner.

While a child may be aroused by sexual contact or the prospect of sexual contact giving the predator of that child the justification 'They wanted it' and 'They consented', they are not emotionally developed to understand the consequences of consenting to such an act so in essence any adult coercing a child for sex is taking advantage of the situation and abusing the child.

15-16 years old I feel is a reasonable age of consent as by that age most would be able to make an informed decision that those younger could not make, but having said that there should still be constraints, and I believe in many cases there are, like limiting the age difference between the consenting couple to 5 years.

10, 11, 12 year old boys and girls are going to experiment with their sexuality, some adult know that and are willing to take advantage of that, but children experimenting with their sexuality should be left to experiment with each other.

Paedophiles themselves I don't understand so I can't say that they can't choose or control their inclination to take sexual advantage of someone that is vulnerable. I believe as an adult we make choices and even a paedophile is capable of making choices and deciding what is right and wrong and doing what ever they have to do that remove the temptation to commit a sexual offense against a child.

Very well said my friend, exept I think 18 should be the mimimum age