1. El Abuso Sexual como Dinámica de Poder y Control.
El consenso central en el texto es que la violación y el abuso sexual son fundamentalmente actos de poder, control y dominación, no primariamente impulsados por la atracción sexual.
- Its the power dynamics. Its about power, one way or another.
- Rape and abuse are about power. Not sex. Power.
- Sexual assault is not about age its about abuse of power.
- Sexual abuse is an issue of power.
- The biggest commonality among sexual abuse is not attraction but power imbalance.
- Rape isnt sex its power, control and delivered, at best, with disdain.
- These violations against children are about domination. It is about having power over the powerless.
2. La Imposibilidad del Consentimiento ante Desequilibrios de Poder.
Se argumenta que el consentimiento es inválido o imposible cuando existe una disparidad significativa de poder, especialmente entre adultos y menores, o en contextos de subordinación.
- A 15 yo cannot give consent neither can a 5yo. Because they dont understand the power dynamic.
- When consent is not granted or cannot be granted based on a power differential, it is sexual abuse.
- Manipulating vulnerable people so they will have sex with you is morally wrong.
- Dynamic is real. And then factor in other power dynamics e.g. Professorstudent, coachathlete, pastoryoung person in church, and the idea of clear consent weakens even more.
- I hate fixation on legal age of consent for this reason. Age of consent laws are a heuristic solution to forbid the most predatory relationships, but they cant prevent all of them.
- There is always a power imbalance between adults and minors.
- There is no way for an adult to have sex with an underage person.
3. La Corrupción del Poder y la Impunidad de los Elites.
Existe una fuerte crítica hacia cómo las personas ricas y poderosas explotan su estatus para cometer abusos sexuales con impunidad, y cómo las instituciones protegen a estos perpetradores.
- Powerful people face no consequences in sexually exploiting people without power.
- So rich grown mens sexual abuse of poor women and young girls is not merely a bonus of power for themits central to how they maintain their power.
- The pedophiles, rapists, and oligarchs in charge are only doing what has been the grand tradition of the ruling class for the past 500 years.
- The power, experience and control factors of human experience make any sexual interaction between adults and young people very troubling.
- Rich men in positions of power are rarely held accountable.
- Institutions that first protect abusers to maintain power will then bend their power to create protections for abusers and will collect abusers and finally will become tools of abusers for abuse.
- The depravities of the powerful are a function of their power, not a matter of orientation or identity or whatever this is basic shit.
4. La Confusión entre Atracción y Poder en el Abuso.
Se discute la tendencia a enfocarse en la supuesta "atracción desviada" de los abusadores (pedofilia clínica) en lugar de reconocer que la motivación principal es el ejercicio del poder.
- My personal belief is that the people arrestedcaught engaging with minors are not mostly those with a pathologic attraction to them. Its just menwomen who exploit the power dynamic for their own thrill.
- I believe its more about having power. But no matter sexual abuse cannot be tolerated.
- I think a lot of them are not. It is a perversion they have cultivated as an exercise of power.
- Pedophilia isnt about sex its about control and power.
- The attraction itself is distinct from the behavior, which carries severe legal repercussions. I honestly believe the severe consequences are part of their sick pursuit of children. Its power and abuse.
5. La Importancia del Lenguaje y la Responsabilidad.
Se subraya la necesidad de usar un lenguaje preciso para describir el abuso y la importancia de que los adultos y las personas con poder asuman la responsabilidad de sus acciones.
- The power of language is real, and these predators realize that. By calling them a term that ages girls, it makes their actions seem less evil.
- The adult is the one who is aware of their actions and the consequences. It was never the responsibility of the adolescent to figure out if there is a power imbalance or not because the adult knows that there is one.
- The most effective way to prevent sexual violence would be to strip perpetrators of power.
- We need to teach the next generation of girls to be power-hungry and protect others. Power concedes nothing without a demand.
- The power differential is vast even in small businesses.