let's ask really hard questions; what if the kid consents? to clarify, i'm not advocating for anything. when i was a teenager, i was in a sexual relationship with a 28 year old trans woman. i was doing bad in school, i hated my home life, and was legitimately one bad day away from suicide. if we didn't start banging each other, i would have 100% jumped in front of a train within the year. instead, my grade improved, my home life improved, i was genuinely happy, and our fun came to a normal, healthy conclusion when i hit 20 for various reasons. on one hand, what she did was objectively wrong. on the other hand, without her, i'm a statistic with grieving parents and a broken family. how do you even discuss something like this without being called a pedo, or supporting it? again, i had a 100% chance of ending it all within the year if she didn't get me in bed.