Unwittingly had ‘sex’ with a child, realised it was a child, had ‘sex’ a second time.
And wrote a song about it. And then wrote it into his autobiography.
How this man apparently skated through the #MeToo movement unscathed is truly baffling.
Unwittingly had ‘sex’ with a child, realised it was a child, had ‘sex’ a second time.
And wrote a song about it. And then wrote it into his autobiography.
How this man apparently skated through the #MeToo movement unscathed is truly baffling.
What he did was statutory rape, which is legally and ethically distinct from rape and child molestation.
I just think the distinction matters, and that the latter are clearly much worse.
Like on Reddit, distinction on this topic is seen as some sort of peadophilic collaboration by these weirdly puritanical White Knights who believe that nobody has sex until they’re 21.
Of course having sex with a 14 year old is wrong, nobody should be claiming otherwise. But those that get sanctimonious because handsome A-list celebs in their 40s are having sex with women in their 20s are clearly projecting something else.
Nono, we believe that nobody should be having sex with minors as an adult. Very, very, different from your framing.
16 & 16? Fine 18 & 30? Weird, I’m gonna judge you, but totally legal. 14 & 24? Fucking disgusting, a crime, and you should never see the light of day for the rest of your life.
The most outspoken critics of large age gaps and people wanting to fuck teenage kids, that I’ve met, have been BDSM kinksters. Quite literally the opposite of puritanical white knights. It makes sense too, because power imbalance, consent, boundaries, are all heavily discussed in those groups.
What about 15 and 17? 14 and 16? Legal age of consent is France is 14. I’m in no way advocating it, but I think nuance and scale is important here. I’m well past 30 and wouldn’t personally have any interest in anyone much younger than myself. But scale is important. The guy from the Lost Profits wanted to fuck actual babies. He got what he deserved in prison. Should a French 17 year old with a 14 year old girlfriend get the same treatment?
Its only distinction is that it is a worse version of both those things.