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Overall the problem comes from the fact that there is a difference between consensual and non-consensual sex, no matter the age. And yes there is the question of at what age can a person truely consent, but technically the word still applies for descriptive purposes.
So, for people above the legal age, rape is generally non-consenual sex. But below a magic age that isn't consistent across the world, rape includes consenual sex. That causes there to be a gap in that there aren't useful words to differentiate between consensual, and non-consensual sex with a minor. Some word argue there is no difference, but technically there certainly is.
You also have no easy way to describe sex with a very young kid vs a 17.9 year old. Yet they are certainly very different also. Since the world can't agree on a static age for consent, and really everyone is different, so it just isn't that simple, you can be sure that these differtiations matter to some people. In short, all rape is bad, but some is certainly even worse. But terminology doesn't support differentiation. So news people make up thier own.
It’s called statutory rape.
Also, jesus fucking christ, man.
You do realise that you're talking about literal child rape slaves here? In which possibe scenario could what happened to them have been consensual?
This made me felt icky just reading it. The fact that you think there's even a modicum of defense of this amazes me.
The rules are not written for those who develop earlier that might be able to consent, they are written for those who don't develop early and who shouldn't be considered mature enough. But also, the attraction seems to be an age during which a consent is not possible anyways. They're just fucking gross.
Not much of a difference "They touched kids"