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Just because there is potential for manipulation doesn’t mean it necessarily will happen. You can’t assume manipulation is involved.</p>
<p>Children can’t consent to sex as a protective measure. The justifications most people come up with for the law are kind of ridiculous and very unscientific, IMO. Personally, I disagree with how sexual consent is handled legally, but it’s irrelevant to this.</p>
<p>By your reasoning, children should be able to consent with each other and inter-generational consent should be illegal for all ages (slavery isn’t only illegal for minors).</p>
<p>Honestly, I think you are the one who needs to narrow your definition of manipulation. Just because someone is being used doesn’t mean they’re being manipulated. Manipulation (in this context) implies dishonesty/deception or abuse of power/knowledge.</p>
<p>I don’t think I can stress enough that you can’t assume manipulation will occur just because there is potential for it. People have opportunities to be manipulative all the time, with any generation, in any type of relationship, yet they manage to abstain.</p>
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Lol… Pokemon Profile Pic December just ended on Facebook. I completely didn’t even think about his name ;).</p>