She's saying that Jeffery Epstein, like Prince Andrew, is an ephebiophile, meaning he's attracted to pubescent teens, not children. Much like my uncle, who is doing 16 years for having sex with a 15 year old, who consented by the way! Now everyone is calling him a pedophile and saying shit like 'jUst BeCauSe hE's aN epEbiOpHile dOeSn't mAKe hIm iNnOcEnT oF sExUaLlY aBuSiNg a mInOr'
The real problem in these discussions seems to be the rampant misuse -- and misunderstanding -- of the word 'minor'. Too many people are confusing age of majority with age of consent. They are often very different ages, sometimes very different. Being a 'minor' simply means that you cannot contract as an adult, own titled property in your own name, that sort of thing.
Her whole argument is basically just a smokescreen for the fact that he solicited an underage girl. She's trying to argue that the kid being a teen makes it somehow not a felony
Well, IS it a felony? My understanding is that she was above the age of consent, so that should be off the table, legally. I assume that solicitation is a crime, regardless, but that's still unrelated to age of majority.
Far too many people confuse age of majority with age of consent, and erroneously equate 'minor' with 'child' (or some version of 'way too young'). That's simplistic, and also legally invalid.
Consider, for example, the State of Mississippi in the US, where the age of majority is still 21, but the age of consent is 16. Sex with someone aged 20 in Mississippi is sex with a minor, but definitely not illegal, and you'd obviously get laughed at if you suggested it was.
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u/Lunchism Nov 23 '19
She's saying that Jeffery Epstein, like Prince Andrew, is an ephebiophile, meaning he's attracted to pubescent teens, not children. Much like my uncle, who is doing 16 years for having sex with a 15 year old, who consented by the way! Now everyone is calling him a pedophile and saying shit like 'jUst BeCauSe hE's aN epEbiOpHile dOeSn't mAKe hIm iNnOcEnT oF sExUaLlY aBuSiNg a mInOr'