Hi, Entelechy! Nice to meet you, and thank you for reading! :-)

Can I ask you something?

Yes, you can. And you did :-)

What do you say in response to the "imbalance of power" argument that is so often made?

It's virtually impossible to find any pairing where there's a total equality in levels of perceived power. This includes almost all adult relationships. In nearly all adult pairings, one of the two will invariably be smarter than the other; physically stronger; have more money; have a greater degree of quality of life experience (even if comparable in terms of mere quantity); have more common sense; and have other physical, social, political, or financial advantages. Researcher Paul Okami has made this point quite cogently while broaching this subject.

Also, the main reason there is such a disproportionate power disparity between adults and underagers in today's era is because underagers are legally disenfranchised, along with the fact that they are deliberately raised to keep them ignorant of various knowledge and facts of life (or at least, the attempt is made). Thus, the power disparity is largely artificial, and using it against both them and us is in many ways a form of political dirty pool.