Most of the users here are asexual, and thus unlikely to ever deal with inappropriate sexual attraction to minors.  That being said, we do not condone romantic relationships between adults and minors with an age gap of more than three years, even if those relationships are abstinent. For the rest of this statement, such relationships are to described as "pedophilic relationships" and desires for such relationships as "pedophilic desires" from the adult perspective and (absent a more widespread term) "enilikaphilic desires" (from the Greek "enilikas" for "adult") to describe a child having such inappropriate sexual or romantic attraction towards an adult.

While we generally support critical discussion of the law, we do have some ground rules on this topic:

• Members may not advocate for legalizing pedophilic relationships or activities, including inappropriate sharing of nude photos or sexual role play.
• Members may not advocacte legalization of child pornography featuring actual children.  (The topic of fiction or AI-generated content can be discussed from a perspective of "what should the law be?")

We also can't allow this site to become a de-facto support group for pedophiles, as some of the support methods may be illegal and/or harmful to children accidentally.  As such, we issue the following guidance:

• If you feel pedophilic urges, you may state that you feel urges that would be inappropriate to act on and ask for advice, but cannot specifically state that the issue is pedophilia.  You can state that you feel attraction toward someone who does not want that kind of relationship, you can state that it would violate your religious values, you can name any more general reason why the relationship would be a bad idea, but you can't specifically state that the issue is pedophilia.
• If you were sexually abused as a child, you are allowed to discuss it, as long as appropriate spoiler tags are applied and keep it in the 18+ forum.  If you do not have access to the 18+ forum and think that you should, please message or email a staff member.

For our younger members, the rules are more lenient, as your actions/the advice you receive is less likely to result in harm to others:

• If you feel enilikaphilic urges, you may mention the issue and look for ways to avoid getting into a forbidden relationship.  However, you may not ask for advice on how to get into such a relationship, nor is anyone allowed to advise you to get into a romantic or sexual relationship under the circumstances.  Do note that any sexually explicit or implicit content should be properly labeled and spoilered (and placed in the 17- forum if it is explicit).
• If you feel an adult may be romantically or sexually pursuing you, you may discuss the matter to ask for advice on how to proceed and keep yourself safe.
• If you feel an adult may have touched you inappropriately, you may discuss it in the 17- forum.  This applies even if the contact was over your clothes.  We don't want this site to be the sort of place adults can go to read inappropriate stories of inappropriate things that happened to younger members.