People who continue to defend the mess that is cmbyn always defend it from the angle that the minor (elio) wanted it and that the age of consent in Italy is 14, but it seems they never take a critical peek at why a grown man would want to have sexual/romantic relations with a minor. Its always from the perspective of the minor and saying its their fault they wanted the relationship in the first place. Few people ever want to examine what reasons a grown man would have for wanting to date a minor. No adult with common sense and decency would ever willingly date or have sex with a minor.
There are specific reasons for why grown men like oliver in cmbyn would engage in these types of relationships and they arenât for pure gay love uwu reasons lol. These adults engage in sexual/romantic relationships with minors because young people like elio are easy targets for exploitation. Young gay boys like elio are especially vulnerable, believe me I was literally there, for sexual/romantic exploitation by older men. Some older men love this age gap and power dynamic because it allows them to get away with almost anything seeing as they have more experience and more power. Minors like elio have neither experience nor the power to stop much of the manipulation and other general foolishness that men like oliver are capable of. The other reason is plain old pedophilia. Not all pedophiles target young children, many pedophiles target teenagers too (17 is a teenager and not an adult). So many of yall try to redefine what a pedophile is because you are creepily okay with adults having sexual/romantic relationships with children and it needs to stop. Stop normalizing that shit it only endangers young teens who are just figuring things out for themselves.
When I was 17 I was still in my junior year of high school and no way in hell was i an adult and neither is any other 17 year old ever. I am now 20 years old and so much has changed. I now have a license and drive, go to college, pay taxes, vote, etc. All of these different things that I didnât or couldnât do at 17 and that is only a gap of 3 years. Imagine how much of a gap of experience and power there is between elio and oliver, which is a gap of 7 whole years. Even if you do not believe their relationship is pedophilic (which it is but okay), it is still fishy and suspicious as hell and far from a healthy relationship whatsoever.
- mod L























