Disgusting is a feeling.
I couldn't care less about your feelings.
Seeing sexual imagery is not harmful to anyone of any age. It never has been. The Puritans have spent decades searching for some sort of evidence to use to justify banning porn, and they've come up with nothing. Nada. Zilch.
Joseph Bronski's excellent 2021 book "An Empirical Introduction to Youth" points out that 50 years ago Tanner showed most young people finishing puberty at 14 or 15 years of age
Tanner was METICULOUS as hell
Tanner links:
https://sci-hub.se/10.1136/adc.44.235.291
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https://sci-hub.se/10.1136/adc.45.239.13
Right wing morons scream "Sexy Gay Stuff Must Be Banned From TV!!!! Kids watch that!!!!"
and left wing morons respond "All Sexy Stuff Must Be Banned From TV!!!! Kids watch that!!!!"
Maybe we could just stop the Sex-Phobic Hysteria altogether.
When you write "They want you isolated and alone"
Who is "they"?
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A realistic assessment of sexual attractions by age looks something like this.
You can be a hard-core feminist and be a fecking idiot Puritan-Revivalist at the same time. You can be an intensely stupid RWNJ and be a fecking idiot Puritan-Revivalist at the same time. Hysterical sex-phobia is so widespread nobody even sees it anymore.
#PuritanRevival
You're so sweet.
A festival of vile ageist bigotry
#RespectYoungAdults #nature #biology #teens #teenagers #infantilization #discrimination #ageist #bigotry #TheHysteria #Respect #Duncan #YouTube #SPR860
Mastodon nuked my account again.
This time the reason was that I was allegedly "advocating underage sexual activity."
which is a little bit silly. Underage for sex in Germany is 13. Underage for sex in California is 17.
So what rule are they using exactly?
Most of all I never advocated any activity at all. I just stated the fact that teens have been having sex for all of human history. (but that statement is now taboo.)
They are the same people who yap utter bullshit like "The *rule* is half your age plus seven" and sometimes they make laws and get people thrown in prison and/or put on the sex offender registry for life.
Sexy has positive connotations.
Sexual is neutral.
Sexualized has negative connotations.
The first two have been almost completely replaced by the third over the last 20 years.
It’s a profound change in the way we perceive the world.
People wildly exaggerate the difference between young adult brains and older adult brains. They just want an excuse to hate teenagers and be mean to them. They still want teens working, paying taxes, and fighting wars.
More for the growing-infantilization-of-young-adults files: Florida says you have to be 21 to be a stripper or work in any capacity in an adult entertainment business
https://reason.com/2024/03/11/florida-lawmakers-vote-to-raise-stripping-age-to-21/
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I've been told by complete strangers that I am a victim of child rape. (I made love with my boyfriend when I was 17). I know for a fact that I am not. Far too many people throw around accusations of child rape. It doesn't help any real victims.
You can't learn to play the piano when your parents take your piano away. You can't learn to handle adult responsibility when society takes all your rights away.
#RespectYoungAdults
If we weren't #Puritan #SexPhobic #Idiots sexting wouldn't be an issue. Criminalizing normal teen romance was an atrocious thing to do. It's time to reverse course.
P.E. is a medieval relic. It does far more harm than good and ought to be abolished immediately. One hour wasting time, three times a week, humiliating those who need exercise the most, making them hate sports, while those who love sports and would exercise all the time anyway have a grand old time wasting time. Yes, kids need exercise, but P.E. is the WORST way to do it.
Bats are creepy, but they also consume huge numbers of mosquitos. So let's get over our emotional disgust response and take a reasonable approach based on evidence of harm/benefit.