If you are concerned about the welfare of girls, I don't think any perception shared by a group of pedos is to be given any special weight. If anyone needs a reminder that girls are not angels in reality, I'd suggest "The Secret Lives of Girls" (http://www.amazon.com/The-Secret-Lives-Girls-Aggression/dp/0743201078). It deals with sex and also aggression. The sex part sometimes includes abusing boys or younger girls. And girls shouldn't be hampered by a need to fit some "angel" stereotype. The way we feel about girls is primarily a property of US, not of the girls.

The Cousin has a lot of destructive energy. She is no angel. Never will be.

Still she'd be better off if she was freer. Still more freedom would give her more opportunities to channel her destructive energy, yes, destructive energy, to better uses.

I do have the hunch that if you feel inclined to accept a girl's decision to have sex for fun, you also ought to accept a decision she might make to have sex for money.

Because there is a high demand for workers who make a thousand an hour when someone else is doing the same job for free?

Really, it is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a 'dismal science.' But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance. I will never be able to respect you as long as you continue making economic statements nothing short of idiotic.

Prostitution only exists where promiscuity is forbidden. Period.

My thinking of the day is that I wouldn't allow it with parental consent either. Although relatively few parents would consent for some quid pro quo of their own, it may be still much larger than the number of prepubescents who really would be interested in the sex. (I can also easily imagine some unscrupulous pedophiles blackmailing parents to force their consent).

Blah blah parental rights blah blah; except when I disagree with the parents, in which case I shit on parental rights!