Re: a new FAQ for B4U-ACT

Fayla was outed by PJ, who subsequently contacted the police in her immediate area and, I believe, her school (correct me if I'm wrong, Fayla, but PJ said that they did all of this). Afterwards, she was forced into therapy for having older boyfriends. She is doing okay despite the attempts by the state to brainwash her and to make her start thinking of herself as a "victim." But she is very strong, and her activism is basically free speech. I have full confidence that she will survive this therapy with her heart and mind intact. I am a bit worried about her, though, since I haven't seen her in a while.

It's true that most AG's are attracted to adult men and have crushes on any number of adult celebrities. As you said, however, they usually do not have an actual desire to date older men, and many AG's would quickly proclaim it to be "gross" if an adult man actually shared the attraction with them. This, of course, is due to social convention and cultural attitudes. With AAM's/underage teleiophiles (see, I spelled it right this time, Griffith!), however, they actually have either a preference for much older adult men or an equal attraction to them compared to boys in their age group. They actually want to date older men, and sometimes break the law to do so. All AAM's are stereotyped by society, particularly by social workers, as having an emotional disorder, and are assumed to not get enough adult attention at home. As a result of this bias, many AAM's who break the law are forced into therapy to try and behavior modify them into only being attracted to boys their own age. It's one of the most deplorable actions the state can ever perform on a young member of society. This makes it VERY clear that change is needed, and this is why many of us are fighting for change, in part to have adult attraction to minors and minors' attraction to adults both be considered a natural attraction base that everyone concerned should have a right to express.