The basic problem here is false framing.
Predators don't exist. That's just a bogeyman the cops made up to motivate people to throw $$$ at their departments. The myth of Stranger Danger also helps journalists make money because anything that terrifies readers is awesome clickbait. Many grifter pretend-to-help organizations also profit enormously by perpetuating the unfounded fear.
Teens having normal adult sex hormones and sexual appetites is not a problem at all. It is just biological development. The problem is the ignorance caused by fucked up societies trying to force them to stay in the role of children, and be asexual.
#nature #biology #ageist
The Stranger Danger panic of the 80s & 90s caused American parents to become overprotective & deny kids the freedom they need to grow and learn.
This caused a myriad of new problems, which led misguided and terrified parents to double-down on over-protective behaviors.
We desperately need to reverse this trend.
Coracle has one of the most hideous interfaces I've ever seen. If that was my only Nostr option I would not be here :-)
I've given my nsec to at least 5 different Nostr client apps. My nsec is basically public information now. For me to attach money to that nsec would be like getting on a crowded subway car with cash taped to my back.
How many Nostr clients have you tried? How many of them did you give your nsec to?
If smart phones and social media are the cause of the mental health crisis among young adults (aka teens) in the USA why aren't they having the same crisis in Europe?
I don't expect to heat my home this summer.
In Illinois two young adults, 16-years-old, who make love can both go to prison for the statutory rape of the other.
Is that mutual child rape in your mind?
Illinois is no exception either. In New York it's the same. Several other states too.
Mastodon nuked my account for posting the following:
"Putting people in prison for age-gap sex is brand new in world history. It has never been done before. Is it really necessary? Doesn't it cause far more harm than good? The burden of proof is on those promoting incarceration here. Not the other way round."
Doesn't if it's true or false. Doesn't matter if it violates the rules or not. It contains ideas questioning the validity of a taboo. The taboo will be honored above all else.
You are not a true believer.
Bitcoin is a religion.
Adherents have faith. The faithful don't question the doctrine.
An important video I made
It's not natural. It's a social construct.
If you really want to understand the truth about teens, it's necessary to acknowledge that 'adolescence' is not a natural state. It's something modern society made up. We raised the age of social adulthood creating a gap between it and biological adulthood. That dissonance creates our well-known behavioral issues at that age. Cultures that don't infantilize their young adults don't get those problems.
see: Margaret Meade or Schlegel & Barry.
After about 10 years of CONSTANTLY telling everyone he wasn't gay, our friend Bart was 24 years old and we all knew damned well that his need to endlessly repeat this one thing meant...
Of course, and the armor they wore when they stormed the national banks of the 25 largest economies was exactly like in that picture.
'Bout half of them were armed with battle axes tho' : - D
Experience is important. That's why my society has to reverse course 180° - We currently segregate all under 18s from normal society preventing them from gaining any of the necessary experience. It's as if we have designed a system specifically to produce extremely immature and incompetent 19 year olds.