Since there seems to be a strong focus on prepubescent children, and that's pretty much my exclusive attraction, I'm going to chime in.

I don't believe anyone's purporting that prepubescent children are just bursting at the seams to get their hands on the nearest adult and start fondling their genitals. Nor that prepubesents would be particularly interested in sex as a biproduct of romantic involvement.

Those pedophiles who foist their adult sexualities on children seem to make up the largest portion of the real abusers. I question the ethics of any pedophile who would intend to engage a child sexually at some very adult, oh-you're-so-hawt-baby-I-wanna-fuck-you level of engagement. (Unless of course she is having those feelings herself, but we're talking strictly about prepubescents.)

But if allowed to participate in a way that appeals to their childish levels of interest - and the child wants to enjoy the intimacy and the stimulation - then what on earth is the problem?

"Sure-you-can-see-it-if-you-want, can-I-see-yours, does-it-tickle-when-I-do-this, can-I-kiss-it, *giggles* I'm-sure-it-DOES-feel-good, do-you-want-to-stop-now, okay-let's-go-finish-watching-that-movie" is likely to be extremely satisfying for both the child and the pedophile.

And I think it's absolute nonsense to put the pedophile in jail for that.

And extremely damaging for the child to be taught that it was Sexual Abuse.

When an adult and child partake in an activity together, there tends to be some element of instruction and some element of just letting the child explore. And while this is usually tolerable for the loving adult, if not exactly enjoyable, it can be a preferred form of interaction for the adult with a more focused love of children.

:)

When I play a board game with a seven-year-old: generally we succeed at setting up; I do just a little bit of trying to explain the rules to her; and then the remainder of the game is spent moving pieces around the board without any discernible pattern or objective because that's how it's fun for her.

Why should playing Sex be any different than playing Monopoly?

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