Posted on 11/13/2025 3:20:48 PM PST by Az Joe
The age of consent in 30 states is 16. It's 17 in several others. Pedophilia is attraction to prepubescent children, children who have not reached any stage of puberty.
We went through this during the Romney period and showed that marriages were done later in the 1800s than during the 50s and 60s, it is a myth that girls were married off at 14 and 15 until recent decades, there were exceptions, such as my grandmother at 14, but they were the exception.
Depending on the ages involved, society has frowned upon older men/ young girls for many years.
Do you know why the siamese twins moved to London ? .....The other one wanted to drive
I’ve often commented that some of these Epstein victims were young but over the age of consent, depending on the jurisdiction.
I think in that infamous photo Prince Andrew had his arm around a girl who was legally of age (again depending on where). But everyone feels he was way too old and she was way too young.
Even if you’re correct that “pedophile” refers to much younger ages, what do you want to call it when a girl is 12,13,14?
I think most would simply use pedophile if the age is illegal.
McMurpy in ‘One flew over the cuckoo’s nest’
https://youtube.com/shorts/GKQ9Zf7phk4?si=LkqEiBpxeOmmGqZI
Whatever laws were violated were violated, but there is no reason to dishonestly start calling sex with teenagers pedophilia.
That song was a hit before Ringo knew what music was.
Was it Marty Robbins? It was someone like him, as I remember.
when that song was a hit, my state had age of consent at 16. Or less if there were circumstances. One state was still 14 at that time... down south.
Ok, but Epstein being the most famous recent case, they seem to say he had a lot of materials involving the abuse of children. Perhaps engaged in that himself.
“Underage” should be a sufficient label for older cases when true.
The median age for first marriage was low during the depression.
Historical Trends in Marriage Formation, United States
1850 – 1990
Page 8-— https://users.pop.umn.edu/~ruggl001/Articles/Fitch_and_Ruggles.pdf
If pedophilia shows up then it will be called pedophilia, what isn’t pedophilia shouldn’t be called pedophilia or else we are going to have to create a new word for real pedophilia.
LOL!
Why do we assume in the song she was 16 and the “singer” wasn’t also supposed to be 16 or 17?
Was just listening to “when I’m sixty-four”. It discusses a time when the singer will be 64.
Nothing wrong with writing a song about young people in love. The “singer” doesn’t have to be the age of the performer whenever he happens to sing the song.
BTW McCartney wrote “When I’m Sixty-Four” when he was 16.
The song “Ben” is written to a rat.
I completely agree!
I think I have pedophobia.
Get those yard apes and crum grabbers away from me?!!
High Velocity lead injections can cure it
You aren’t being accurate but you keep claiming that it was all just the unknown, everyone was just anonymous, where are you getting that idea?
I’ve seen child pornography cases prosecuted. The psychiatrists who testified referred to “pedophiles” as being attracted to children in specific age ranges, including during and after puberty.
They never used any of these other labels.
The actual “pedophiles” had very distinct profiles and mental conditions. Some were immature and child like themselves. Others were more predatory and had been abused themselves and were repeating the behavior.
The true “pedophile” is an actual sicko, not just an opportunistic older male. Some seemed pathetic, others were calculating and dangerous.
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