I agree with the sentiment of this statement. Though some might NOT want such a thing, I think the amount of disgust shown by many is played up to fit in and not be viewed as a freak, especially for the males. There are attractive 14 your olds, there, I said it. Don't agree? I don't think you have been around enough of them or been on the internet long enough. There just isn't some switch that goes off when a person reaches 18 that prevents them from being attracted to young teens from that point on. There is also the possibility that two people that are years apart might just click. I just don't see the harm in it. Sex is a physical/emotional act that lets two people be closer, it doesn't necessarily hurt anyone.

I do think that a bad relationship can harm a person and it may be harder on a younger person, but I don't think it's something that's orders of magnitude worse. I do think it's possible for a person under the AoC and someone over the AoC to have a good relationship. That said, it's hard in a society that looks down on such things with such disdain/hatred.

The question for me really is, why does age matter and how does consensual sex hurt a person? Does it hurt a person to be lied to and taken advantage of? Sure. Is that more of a likelihood in a situation involving people who are quite different age? Well, certainly in this society. No moral person would ever get involved with a younger person if it is illegal, so you will almost never hear about a good guy only wanting to truly love a girl under 18.

I did happen to go out with a 14 year old when I was 17. It turned out that, for most of the year, I would be breaking the law by having a normal sexual relationship with her so we had to quit seeing each other. Was she hurt my the relationship? When it ended, sure, but that's normal. Would it have been soooo different if I was 27? Nope.

tl;dr: I'm a sicko.