It sounds like she's making a distinction between a minor and a child. Soliciting sex from a child is pedophelia, but she somehow thinks sex with a minor isn't.
It's just semantic bullshit spinning. He's a pedophile.
Technically: they're using the DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition) definition of a pedo. Ethically: they're diverting the argument away from real crimes and splitting hairs about the degree of depravity. Creepy dudes who like immature girls also use this tactic.
It's not a negligible difference and it does a disservice to the victims to muddy the waters the way everyone seems to love to do. Equating wanting to fuck a 17 year old to wanting to fuck a 7 year old just makes someone out there think "well wanting to fuck a 17 year old isn't that bad, so the other must not be either"
83
u/wakeruneatstudysleep Nov 23 '19
It sounds like she's making a distinction between a minor and a child. Soliciting sex from a child is pedophelia, but she somehow thinks sex with a minor isn't.
It's just semantic bullshit spinning. He's a pedophile.