I'm not going to say much on the topic at hand but I'm not convinced children are so stupid and detached they can't understand what sex is or consent or sexuality at all. My reasoning being HEY I remember being a kid and my sexuality and interests all became apparent by the time I was 4 at the very latest. I knew a good handful of people during elementary school who were completely aware of what sex was and the shit that came with it. We understood the concept of consent. I knew 3rd graders who were already experimenting sexually behind their parents' and every adults' backs because we all knew that they would treat their behavior like it was the end of the world. But we were comfortable with sexuality as a whole and we understood.
The only reason anyone I knew regretted anything that was done was because of people 20+ years older than us bashing it into our heads that all forms of sexual interaction are HORRIBLE AND WRONG until you're the legal age of consent, but even then it's still AWFUL AND SHOULD BE KEPT PRIVATE and you should always be ashamed of everything you've done ever. They didn't regret the actual action they just wanted to stop being treated like they committed murder for being sexually involved as a child.
And before anyone says shit about what I just said, I am NOT by any means defending child porn or children being sexually involved/active.
Also holy shit children seeing nudity isn't the god damn end of the world. Breasts aren't inherently sexual, that's a societal thing. It's possible to see a nude figure and it not be sexual in the slightest. We shouldn't have such a tight fucking rope on this shit because frankly it just makes people condemn the idea of sex even more than they already do because they're so convinced it's like the worst fucking thing you can ever do. Don't teach people to be afraid or bothered by it, teach them to be safe if they chose to engage in it. Fuck.
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