Re: Healthline's article on pedophilia--feedback?

the complicating factor is, of course, that a child who willingly participates in and enjoys a sexual interaction with an adult remains a 'victim' in the eyes of the law.

this is where the equation 'paedophilia = abuse' arises. even the most benign paedophilic interaction or expression is assumed to carry some metaphysical variety of harm that does not exist for [enter range of normative sexualities here].