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“ I am skeptical of the claim that voluntarily [sic] pedophilia harms children.” https://stallman.org/archives/2006-mar-jun.html#05%20June%202006%20%28Dutch%20

• AstralStorm 7y ago
  It does, but how badly, it depends? What are the worst kinds, what are relatively harmless if any? Does our current handling thereof help or harm? If those questions are not answered, we're flying blind. Also there are some stupid things done like putting 18 y.o. boy in jail for sleeping with his 16 y.o. girlfriend, consensually. Someone should do actual not politically correct and not victim culture motivated research. It would be hard work, reaching out to the victims and running longitudinal observation. If there is such research, I'd like to read it.
  • DanBC 7y ago
    Child sexual abuse is strongly linked to a range of mental illness later on in life. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(19)30286-X/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0... > Someone should do actual not politically correct and not victim culture motivated research. Someone should take a few minutes to read the reams of research that has been written about this rather than parotting NAMBLA discussion points.
    • eesmith 7y ago
      I'll add that "harm" doesn't make a difference - lack of consent is what's at issue. If someone has sex with a woman in a coma, there's no harm to the woman. There's no need for physical force. It's still sexual assault. Unconscious people, children, and sex slaves are not able to give meaningful consent. Stallman doesn't appear to understand the role of consent in these laws.