Fir :transspecies star: on Nostr: m o μ s e Sofia It really isn't, while the pro-consent pro-contact ideology is ...
m o μ s e (npub19kn…0fes) Sofia (npub1qxx…u6la) It really isn't, while the pro-consent pro-contact ideology is inherently youth liberationist, Youth Liberation is not inherently pro-consent pro-contact.
While liberation would entail sexual liberation for youths, the AOC laws are a prohibition on adult sexual freedoms, and the society we live in, not the laws themselves, are what cause negative impact on youths. The ability to do whatever you want is not inherently liberation, but rather liberation is not being forced to do things you don't want.
I think the reason this conflation of pro-c == youthlib, comes from a misunderstanding of the order of operations in what youth liberation means. It is very often believed in pro-c spaces, it seems, that the reduction/abolition of the age of consent is a directly necessary goal of youth liberation, while it is actually more a consequence of full youth liberation. Immediate removal of the AOC would only harm youths as there is still a power imbalance in society, youth lib is about removing the power imbalance and only then would a reduction or abolition of the age of consent be possible. This includes SAM or even Consensual CP at the moment as both of those can easily be used to blackmail or ruin the lives of youths with very little recourse for them.
While liberation would entail sexual liberation for youths, the AOC laws are a prohibition on adult sexual freedoms, and the society we live in, not the laws themselves, are what cause negative impact on youths. The ability to do whatever you want is not inherently liberation, but rather liberation is not being forced to do things you don't want.
I think the reason this conflation of pro-c == youthlib, comes from a misunderstanding of the order of operations in what youth liberation means. It is very often believed in pro-c spaces, it seems, that the reduction/abolition of the age of consent is a directly necessary goal of youth liberation, while it is actually more a consequence of full youth liberation. Immediate removal of the AOC would only harm youths as there is still a power imbalance in society, youth lib is about removing the power imbalance and only then would a reduction or abolition of the age of consent be possible. This includes SAM or even Consensual CP at the moment as both of those can easily be used to blackmail or ruin the lives of youths with very little recourse for them.