Perhaps you would handle it without difficulty. But when I look at sexual relationships in the world today, I see dysfunction almost everywhere. Sudden sexual freedom of children, could cause more problems than it would solve in this environment. First must come healthy sexual tolerance and redefined human sexual morality. Only after that could the kids be safe exercising their sexual choices with adults, the way I see it.

But who really knows? Only skimpy evidence about kids in those situations exists and nearly none at all exists for the MAA. With a poor emotionally stable track record with adult/adult sex, I can't see it being any better with adult/child sex.

Such dysfunction, I believe, largely stems from the fact that our culture is still very sex-negative, and imposes certain expectations on many people that not everyone is capable of living up to (e.g., that only strictly monoamorous relationships for life can possibly be valid; that women's character and value is attached to how often they refrain from sexual contact with men; that a certain legal piece of paper somehow sanitizes what is otherwise "dirty"; etc., et al.). Moreover, I believe that prohibitory attitudes and laws cause a lot of the problems, and solve none of them.

This is why I suggest that in today's world, consensual liaisons between adults and children be judged on a case-by-case basis; and that children be granted comprehensive sex education and free access to information about the subject from an early age. This, I think, would cause far less problems than prohibition. I don't deny all the dysfunction you currently see with adults in the sexual realm, but do ask yourself this: Would these problems be ameliorated if certain consensual actions and right to exploration between adults were criminalized? Would this truly result in less problems and dysfunction for those concerned? Or would it create many new ones by forcing consensual experiences of certain kinds to "go underground"? This is why I promote education and freedom over prohibition and protectionist policies.

With that noted, this is why I support youth liberation on a fundamental level in society, and certainly not restricted to the sexual realm alone. Only then can they be given the opportunity to prove their competence in numerous areas, including when it comes to love and sexuality. Until they are allowed to enter the field, so to speak, they will not have the opportunity to prove their competence in it.

But who really knows? Only skimpy evidence about kids in those situations exists and nearly none at all exists for the MAA. With a poor emotionally stable track record with adult/adult sex, I can't see it being any better with adult/child sex.

As noted before, refer to the studies by Rind, Tromovich, Sandfort, and Okami, to start with. I have the feeling you will read them far more objectively than, say, Ethan has. Going right to the source, as they did, makes it clear that it's this very source that "really knows," my friend.

And thank you. It feels really good that I have weathered all storms with g13 so far (I'm out to her you know). And I have her and g4 to help me through the pain of 'losing' g9, if and when that happens. As long as I keep playing my cards right with them, g9 will also return and maybe g4 will not leave at all.

That keeps me going.

You're quite welcome. By all means keep going, we need you in this world. As I'm sure the various numerical g's in your life do also :-)