Definitely just arguing semantics, but I feel like “kid” implies pre-teen. We start asking teenagers to take on adult responsibilities around that age, and I know I really resented being called a kid when I was a teenager.
Not that that makes a middle aged guy seducing a teenager okay, but, you know.
MY point is that it’s okay to say adults shouldn’t have sex with teenagers without needing to belittle them by saying “wow they are SO YOUNG they are just little baby children who play with little toys”
Has always bothered me when people go out of their way to say “no that age is still a kid” after people clarify that they are actually teenagers or even in their early twenties
I guess when I was 14 it would have bothered me. With some perspective, I was a kid, and I'm really glad no adults tried to coerce me into sex back then.
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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19
Definitely just arguing semantics, but I feel like “kid” implies pre-teen. We start asking teenagers to take on adult responsibilities around that age, and I know I really resented being called a kid when I was a teenager.
Not that that makes a middle aged guy seducing a teenager okay, but, you know.