YOU see a "girl" but that's a matter of perspective. The objective reality is that a 17 year old is not a child. We can talk about whether or not it's unwise or "creepy" for an older man to have any business flirting with or pursuing a young woman half his age, but there's a distinct line between "unusual" and criminal, imprudent and immoral. Words mean things. Leftists love to call everyone racist. It's tempting to just call a Democrat a pedophile, and ignore the more complex facts of the case. We are supposed to be better than that.
18 year olds and 19 year olds are also TEENAGERS. If the girl in this case was 18, there is no story. So what's the objective difference between a 17 year old and 18 year old? Not arbitrary 1 year age difference. You can say "ew gross icky" but that's neither a legal nor moral standard. What if the man in this case was 35 instead of 55. The arbitrary age gap is the problem? Why? Again, because "ew gross icky"? It's as if people on these boards don't have access to dictionaries...
YOU see a "girl" but that's a matter of perspective. The objective reality is that a 17 year old is not a child. We can talk about whether or not it's unwise or "creepy" for an older man to have any business flirting with or pursuing a young woman half his age, but there's a distinct line between "unusual" and criminal, imprudent and immoral. Words mean things. Leftists love to call everyone racist. It's tempting to just call a Democrat a pedophile, and ignore the more complex facts of the case. We are supposed to be better than that.
Sorry but the objective reality is that a 17 year old IS a child.
The entirety of human history says otherwise. If your teenagers still act like children, that's just a poor reflection of your weak parenting.
If you’re attracted to a teenager, that’s a reflection of your moral degeneracy.
18 year olds and 19 year olds are also TEENAGERS. If the girl in this case was 18, there is no story. So what's the objective difference between a 17 year old and 18 year old? Not arbitrary 1 year age difference. You can say "ew gross icky" but that's neither a legal nor moral standard. What if the man in this case was 35 instead of 55. The arbitrary age gap is the problem? Why? Again, because "ew gross icky"? It's as if people on these boards don't have access to dictionaries...
Pedophilia is defined as:
a psychiatric disorder in which an adult or older adolescent experiences a primary or exclusive sexual attraction to prepubescent CHILDREN.
a psychiatric disorder in which an adult has sexual fantasies about or engages in sexual acts with a prepubescent CHILD
an ongoing sexual attraction to pre-pubertal CHILDREN [...] generally age 13 years or younger
Definition after definition after definition. Prepubescent children. By definition, a 17 year old does not fit that category.