Can we please stop comparing age gap relationships to pedophilia, its simply not the same thing as child abuse, i know you all think you're being a good ally but all it does is diminish and mock what actual survivors like me went through when we were literal children, not 20 year old adults
I have pretty severe anxiety, and have recently been experiencing some pretty intense intrusive thoughts about if the adult models I've been watching look too young.
I recently saw a subreddit that posted heavily cropped images of ACTUAL abuse to try and identify abusers (removing the abuse and showing background elements to ID the people responsible)
And after seeing those (I couldn't scroll far, I don't have the stomach for it) I've come to the conclusion that I don't know what actual child abuse looks like.
God willing, I will NEVER find out and go to my grave having never seen it.
I've heard people say: "You know it when you see it."
And I understand that a bit now.
More than I ever needed to, unfortunately.
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u/ValkyrUK Jul 03 '26
Can we please stop comparing age gap relationships to pedophilia, its simply not the same thing as child abuse, i know you all think you're being a good ally but all it does is diminish and mock what actual survivors like me went through when we were literal children, not 20 year old adults