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Originally posted by Averett
How is this any different from a male pedophile?
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Because pedophilia involves children. Children that have no interest in sex because, by definition, they haven't entered puberty yet. They are therefore being forced or tricked somehow into doing things that are unnatural to them.
This case has none of those characteristics. A 14 year old is not a child in any sense but the legal one. He could very easily look 16-18, which would put him in a reasonable range for a young woman to be physically attracted to him. Further, 14 year old boys want sex. They probably want it more then than at any other time in their lives. This was in no sense a forced act.
He also will not regret his actions later. Well maybe now that she's in jail over it, but he would've been fine otherwise.
So it was consentual, and he probably looked essentially adult. For a fuckbuddy type relationship, that's really all you need.
Its easy to see why the "double standard" everyone is talking about exists. Look at the responses on this thread, or equivalent threads on any other board. Men and women seem to have very different views on this. Its remarkable how uniformly divided they are.