Absolutely follow the law. That's the smart thing to do. But when we're talking about perception, emotions, how we see people, etc, it's just not that cut and dry. You're on the beach and you see a 5'7", 125lb girl with C cups and a tiny bikini walk by. You're a healthy adult male so you watch her ass as she walks away. Are you you some degenerate weirdo creep just for that? Fuck no and we all know it. Your friend walks up and tells you that's his high school junior sister Tiffany. Did you suddenly retroactively turn into a weirdo degenerate creep because you stared at her ass? No, and I'm not going to pretend otherwise.

If she's 6 or 7, by all means, the slow march up the gallows. But if she's 16 or 17, you laugh it off and say "hey man, maybe in a year or two" and move on. That'd the sensible, sane, rational response.

Absolutely follow the law. That's the smart thing to do. But when we're talking about perception, emotions, how we see people, etc, it's just not that cut and dry. You're on the beach and you see a 5'7", 125lb girl with C cups and a tiny bikini walk by. You're a healthy adult male so you watch her ass as she walks away. Are you you some degenerate weirdo creep just for that? Fuck no and we all know it. Your friend walks up and tells you that's his high school junior sister Tiffany. Did you suddenly retroactively turn into a weirdo degenerate creep because you stared at her ass? No, and I'm not going to pretend otherwise.