Edit: Nvm, there’s a reason we generally think these threads are a bad idea.
Short answer: if a child thinks they’re consenting, they’re likely enough to be wrong (with great enough consequences) that the expected value is negative. Much more importantly: if an adult thinks a child is consenting, the adult is likely to be wrong (they’ll have a hard time between telling the difference between actual consent and consent that is feigned out of fear).
Is consent hypothetically possible? Yes. But you’re running on corrupted hardware and the expected value will usually be negative.
Do you mean changing their mind later? In that case, like I said, I find it hard to believe that they can be traumatized after-the-fact. It’s not impossible, but I find it very unlikely.
(they’ll have a hard time between telling the difference between actual consent and consent that is feigned out of fear).
If the other party can scare them into doing that, they can just scare them into saying they haven’t had sex in the first place.
At some point, it will become useful to stop using the word “consent” in this discussion, as I don’t think the word has the same referent every time it gets used. In particular, I don’t think there’s general agreement on how much knowledge is implied when we say a system consents to an action, and the different assumptions about that lead to different conclusions.
It isn’t equivalent. Grooming isn’t simply being nice and complimenting and trying to get close. It’s also about isolating the target and eliminating their ability to perceive their escape options.
Then can (and are way too likely) to fail at being informed when consenting.
If they’re not informed, that would be rape by deception. I would say that that should be illegal at any age, although I would imagine it wouldn’t be nearly as bad as being forced.
What exactly do they need to be informed about? They can get diseases from it, I guess. I’m pretty sure putting someone in danger like that without warning them would be illegal without anything specific about pedophilia.
Also you’re probably talking about hebephilia.
That too. There should be a term for pedophelia and hebephilia. Especially considering that pedophelia is commonly used to mean those two and ephebophilia.
Edit: Nvm, there’s a reason we generally think these threads are a bad idea.
Short answer: if a child thinks they’re consenting, they’re likely enough to be wrong (with great enough consequences) that the expected value is negative. Much more importantly: if an adult thinks a child is consenting, the adult is likely to be wrong (they’ll have a hard time between telling the difference between actual consent and consent that is feigned out of fear).
Is consent hypothetically possible? Yes. But you’re running on corrupted hardware and the expected value will usually be negative.
How can they be wrong about consenting?
Do you mean changing their mind later? In that case, like I said, I find it hard to believe that they can be traumatized after-the-fact. It’s not impossible, but I find it very unlikely.
If the other party can scare them into doing that, they can just scare them into saying they haven’t had sex in the first place.
Manipulation. Children are prone to manipulation by figures they trust. So they have belief-in-consent, not actual consent.
From the abstract of this paper:
At some point, it will become useful to stop using the word “consent” in this discussion, as I don’t think the word has the same referent every time it gets used. In particular, I don’t think there’s general agreement on how much knowledge is implied when we say a system consents to an action, and the different assumptions about that lead to different conclusions.
It isn’t equivalent. Grooming isn’t simply being nice and complimenting and trying to get close. It’s also about isolating the target and eliminating their ability to perceive their escape options.
That’s not okay, to put it mildly.
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Variants of “I didn’t really say ‘no’, so I guess I kinda consented”.
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If they’re not informed, that would be rape by deception. I would say that that should be illegal at any age, although I would imagine it wouldn’t be nearly as bad as being forced.
What exactly do they need to be informed about? They can get diseases from it, I guess. I’m pretty sure putting someone in danger like that without warning them would be illegal without anything specific about pedophilia.
That too. There should be a term for pedophelia and hebephilia. Especially considering that pedophelia is commonly used to mean those two and ephebophilia.
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Inform them of what? How bad can the consequences of them not being informed of it possibly be?