you nevertheless accept MOST of the norms that hold us and the youths we love to the present status quo as inviolable.

I've gotten the impression MAPs are fairly "conservative", for lack of better word. Even those claiming to oppose the status quo would rather keep it essentially unchanged than favor radical change.

As for our readers not being as familiar with things that to us are commonplace: You can rest assured they are familiar with the concepts of rape and sexual abuse

Does their understanding of such concepts match that of the law or various anti-pedophile activists? Are fencer-sitters ignorant enough to believe it does?

Also, if we were to change words any time others, such as antis, could possibly make us uncomfortable in the long run, we'd spend our time inventing new words, rather than surviving.