so it isnt an innocence thing
isnt an unbridled joy thing
my dad's unbridled joy for cookies is so so so innocent
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my dad does not have to worry about pedophiles coming to take him
so is it really just predatory? the pedophile thing. like malevolent sadistic shit?
again, anyone married, especially anyone fighting with a spouse full well knows, wish they didnt know, how much it ~is~ like "wow my wife is being five years old rn"
like wish you wouldnt be five
a dishwasher disagreement isnt an apocalypse
wish we could talk this out and stay on topic and not make this about everything that ever happened since the dawn of time
ive heard the hypothesis that minors are easier to control and manipulate, not resourced, no leverage, no lived experience
ok. i hear that. that's sound to me.
but also, and not a counterpoint, more just broadening, are adults that hard? as in: it is pretty easy to be taken advantage of at any age. tricked. scammed. manipulated.
as in, why would it be about the challenge creating safety? that adults are too challenging to control so gotta go for minors?
ok! ive got a riff! what about ego safety?
as in: viewing children as having the sentience of animals
they cant cause injury to ego
yo is that a fucking bingo?
is pedophilia closely related to bestiality on these grounds?
cant conjure something wounding
cant say something deciminating
too young, "not a person" "wont remember" "doesnt know whats happening"
a sentience thing
not sentient
not a person
and this is reified by western culture it bounces back and forth and off of itself
no childhood bill of rights
children as status
these days, a big family, like "19 Kids and Counting" is a flex about being able to afford that
cute charismatic kid? that's a youtube star that's your cash cow
again, sentience
they are having fun, they like it, not a job to them