underwhelmedandoverstimulated:
tbh the culture of adult non-conservatives absolutely refusing to interact with “minors” (unless you are running like. a porn blog) and framing it as a “safety” is so stupid and extremely harmful. human beings need contact with other human beings in different age group. teens shouldnt be isolated to only their parents and other teens.
i understand that a lot of LGBT people are paranoid about being seen as predators but when we buy into that and let our culture be “only predators talk to teens” then the only adult friends teens will make will be with predators. either sexual predators or christian/terf and alt -right type groomers who will indoctrinate teens who might be desperate for validation and attention (which is literally normal and not me being mean. teens are treated like they stupid and evil. idk why people pretend they dont remember this.) into parroting their hateful ideology.
The kidnapping panic of the 90s and “stranger danger” really did a number on a lot of us