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katikatIn the Inception fandom, I stumbled across several teen!Arthur/adult!Eames fics in a row - and boy, I never realized that the idea of an adult having sex with a teenager squicked me so much *shudders* Seriously, I love het sex, gay sex, threesomes, BDSM... between CONSENTING ADULTS. But an adult and a teenager? No, just no!
I mean, I can take it when it's a high-school and a college student, when the age difference is 4-5 years tops - like, for example, in Teen Wolf (IIRC, Derek is 20-21, some authors use 24-25 but that's the actor's age, not the character's) - that I can take because I don't think the level of maturity between 16 and 20 differs that much - speaking from personal experience. But even then the adult should be absolutely sure that they're both are on the same level intellectually/emotionally and if there's the slightest doubt, he/she should back the hell off.
But when the age difference is bigger, when it's a fic about someone in their late twenties or thirties or even older having sex with a teenager? It turns my stomach, literally. And when the older person is someone in a position of power, like a teacher or a babysitter or a priest or even the next-door neighbor, it's ten times worse. I mean, I couldn't accept Spock/Uhura in the new Star Trek movie because Spock was Uhura's teacher, I couldn't get over it despite them both being adults. When one of the partners is a teenager, it feels too much like coercion. No, just no.
Wow, I never realized just how strongly I felt about this. Interesting...
I mean, I can take it when it's a high-school and a college student, when the age difference is 4-5 years tops - like, for example, in Teen Wolf (IIRC, Derek is 20-21, some authors use 24-25 but that's the actor's age, not the character's) - that I can take because I don't think the level of maturity between 16 and 20 differs that much - speaking from personal experience. But even then the adult should be absolutely sure that they're both are on the same level intellectually/emotionally and if there's the slightest doubt, he/she should back the hell off.
But when the age difference is bigger, when it's a fic about someone in their late twenties or thirties or even older having sex with a teenager? It turns my stomach, literally. And when the older person is someone in a position of power, like a teacher or a babysitter or a priest or even the next-door neighbor, it's ten times worse. I mean, I couldn't accept Spock/Uhura in the new Star Trek movie because Spock was Uhura's teacher, I couldn't get over it despite them both being adults. When one of the partners is a teenager, it feels too much like coercion. No, just no.
Wow, I never realized just how strongly I felt about this. Interesting...
