the only thing that “lessens the impact” of the word pedophile is people normalizing pedophilic content thats used to groom children on the regular. sexual content involving minors is NEVER ok, regardless of whether or not its fictional.
No, what lessens the impact of the word pedophilia is people using the word pedophilia to mean anything but the attraction to children and young teens who are unable to consent.
Pedophilia is not an 18 year old having a relationship with a 17 year old, or a 22 year old in a relationship with a 36 year old. Those relationships have the possibility to be abusive, sure, but they are not pedophilia.
If someone sees a post on Tumblr that warns that someone is a pedophile, they should be able to trust that it is a post warning that the person in question has had inappropriate contact with a child or young teen who cannot consent. Not having doubt about whether it means ‘this person wrote or drew a fictional depiction of abuse, which isn’t pedophilia or child pornography, but they’re not themselves attracted to children.’ That doubt is what makes being on Tumblr unsafe for minors, and you and people who support the idea in this post are contributing to that.
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