Is a 30 year old dating a 16 year old a pedophile?
Here’s an idea.
Why not avoid trying to find the “Is this legally prosecutable?” line in the first place?
Everyone would be much better off if they would just do that.
I’m not going to give you some wacky mathematical formula for finding appropriate age disparities for adult dating because I don’t think they’re necessary. Here are the important factors.
- Is everyone involved an adult? (That’s 18 and above – sorry, UK.)
- Is everyone being treated with respect?
- Does everyone involved have autonomy?
- Are everyone’s boundaries being honored?
- Are power imbalances left unexploited so that the less powerful partner(s) isn’t/aren’t being coerced and pressured? (That definitely means no bosses, medical professionals, instructors, and clergy trying to befriend/date/sleep with underlings/clients/students/parishoners, etc. However, age and life experience disparities can be handled respectfully and without exploitation by decent partners.)
- Is there an absence of abuse?
- Does everyone involved have good communication and conflict resolution skills?
- Can everyone walk away from this arrangement at any time, no hard feelings?
If the person in question just absolutely wants to, that thirty year old can go find a young adult to date and treat that person with the respect, honor, and consideration that they should give anyone else.
It’s called the campsite rule.
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