My father is a pedophile

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Comments on what you wrote Not Sure:

Regarding age differences: Many cultures have different ages, even today, regarding when it is appropriate to have sexual activity. Some say at puberty, others say older at 16, 17 or 18. I've had a few clients from other cultures utterly baffled that it was considered morally wrong to engage in sex with a 15 year old when they were 30 themselves.

Regarding letting children make decisions about love/sex - there is a Ra quote that talks about children are responsible for what they do at a very early age (basically before the toddler stage), but on the other hand, a role model for a child has a solemn trust that can be abused - we all as children have a strong desire to receive approval from role model/parental figures - how often have we done something we didn't want to do to make a parent or role model happy? Perhaps such an event would be a catalytic event, but I know that many of us have learned that ultimately what we did to please others was a less skillful choice. I note this as a cautionary tale about whether children's free will with respect to authority figures they trust/want to please is more or less free.

But in the end, it's all about loving and understanding what is going on in another person's head, and I think you convey that beautifully. I've had more than one case of a 'consensual' encounter between a 13 year old and a late twenty year old that was tried in criminal court, only to find in the course of my investigation that the twenty something year old had the mind of a small child (which unfortunately is not a defense).

Your ideas are not just theoretical Not Sure, they have merit in what I have seen from some (not all) alleged child rapists - there is a distinction in practice between those who rape, and those who are more like children themselves, yet often these two types of pedophiles are lumped into one heinous category.

A well thought out carefully written post that tries to step on no toes and tries to be warm towards everyone as much as is applicable and taking some degree of personal risk in doing so.

Much appreciated and liked for the courage of standing up for those most hated.

Will repay.

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Lowest is puberty/12 (though 9 has been used in some arabic countries in place of puberty) and the highest is 21. Colors in between range from light blue for lowest to dark purple and pink for highest.

Have some knowledge dropped uponya:



(Same colors apply as above)

In Mexico, criminal legislation is shared between the federal and state governments. The federal law establishes the age of 12 as the minimum age of consent, while the age at which there are no restrictions for consensual sexual activities is 18 (sex with someone 12-18 is not illegal per se, but can still be open to prosecution under certain circumstances). Local state laws may override the federal law. In practice, the decision as to whether or not to prosecute is left to state authorities regardless of the younger person's age. At state level, the minimum ages of consent vary between 12 (and puberty in a few states) and 15.

The national age of consent in Japan is 13 as specified by the Japanese Penal Code Articles 176 and 177.

Any kind of sexual activity outside marriage is illegal in Saudi Arabia, but there is no restriction on the age of marriage.[60] For instance, in 2008 a Saudi court refused to annul a marriage between an 8 year old girl and a 58 year old man.

(This would be the religious capital and a theocracy of the religion of choice for 1 billion people with a holy book name Q'uo Ra'n

Moving on.

The age of consent in Peru is 14. The age of consent has changed several times during recent years. The age of consent was raised to 18 in 2006, from 14. In 2007, Peru's Congress voted overwhelmingly to return the age to its prior age of 14, regardless of gender and/or sexual orientation,[21] however, due to great controversy, the bill was 'reconsidered' or withdrawn.[22] However the Constitutional Court of Peru, newly lowers the age of consent to 14.

As I've said many times, this is a difficult topic and I would recommend shifting focus from age of consent into protection of free will.