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I think it's simple. It's because in most cases (and I'll go so far as to say all cases of pre-pubescent sexual exploitation) it's exactly that, exploitation that is going on there. It's like having sex with animals or the mentally disabled, you cannot be sure (and most often do not care) that you are having mutually agreed upon and enjoyed sex. It's a selfish pursuit on the part of the adult acted upon because of self-centered urges that prioritize themselves before the other legitimate concerns of the health and welfare of the animal, disabled person, child.
I've been called an elitist in my day, but I think legitimizing child sexual exploitation for some high-flung philosophical rationalization is about the most ridiculously elitist thing I ever heard.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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