CD Smith,
Just finished up chores for tmrw and checked this before heading for bed. Very nice post, and I read everything you said and appreciate the time you put into it.
I do understand where the term pedophilia truly applies. I was pretty pissed earlier - it's true I wouldn't generally think of a guy who fucked a 16 year old as a pedophile. More of a lowlife asshole.
It is true that I view all of this through the viel of being a dad. Let me clarify - we don't run some kind of draconian spy satellite discipline on our daughter. However, we are familiar with her as a person. And we have occassion to observe a lot of girls her age by virtue of meeting her friends. And I have to say, our observation is, generally, no matter how mature these girls act, they are still not adults.
They are busy becoming adults. Trying to learn how to be women, what's right and wrong. Very busy finding themselves, defining themselves, figuring out what they stand for, etc, etc.
And an older guy inserting himself into this process, because he wants some pussy and girls that age are generally 'wowed' by the fact he's older - is truly repellant to me.
I think there IS a point where someone becomes an adult, and no, it's not just defined by age. But I do think it's specific. And I think anyone who is an adult can agree, and remember where they hit that point themselves. For me, it was the first time I couldn't pay my electric bill and the electric company turned off my lights. I remember sitting there in the dark, going, "Wow, they actually did it." And I toughened up, right then and there. I wasn't a kid anymore. I'd experienced tougher times before, but not when it was ME running the ship. I realized my ship could sink, fast. A small thing, but it was a wake up call that changed me for good.
And I don't see that in most 16 year old girls we've met.
Taking your comment re: the crop of high school girls getting hotter... when I observe what I just stated above, I just can't get my wits around that kind of thought process. I mean, fine, they aren't children - but they just aren't adults. It's just not possible for me to see them that way.
If you've crossed that line where you are an adult, you recognize it in others (at least, I think so) and you shouldn't be fucking someone who isn't there yet.
The absolute best example, to me, is from the movie 'American Beauty'. He's hot through the movie for his daughter's friend, and his daughter's friend talks the talk. But then he has that moment of clarity where he sees it the way it really is... she wasn't a woman, and what he was doing was wrong.
I think that that is going to be the truth, 8 times out of 10, and I think any guy who doesn't respect that when it's true is a piece of shit, and is just following the dictates of his cock.
Heading for bed - all of the above just my 2 cents. As I said, I appreciate the comments.