>>66062959>>66102079While a consumer in such content can indeed be indeed a pedophile , generalizing a whole group of creator and consumer without any substantial evidence is simply stupid considering this by that logic any content that is "immoral or taboo" can be applied (from furry , crime simulator video games, being a fan of questionable characters like Hannibal for example) leads to actual real life interest.
Far often anime stuff like this are far off often in its reality counter parts and often is influenced by the tropes of anime which is considered unrealistic and exaggerated.
True one might argue the origin of that trope influences comes from a "pedophile" however it has evolved into it's own thing from the interaction with different creators and consumers with different backgrounds (even if you even try to for example find one addict anon at this type of content and make them watch real life child pornography and its aftermath consequences you'll get a disgusted and horrified look from them even though half of them might have actual interest , considering what they are used to consuming is the "moe" aspects of this content showing them would have something I dubbed a "reality whip lashed")
Alongside there's also another study that states having an interest on this type of characters in anime doesn't influence the real life attraction of people
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1158136021001080)
By this study , one must have pedophilic interest before even consuming anime to have a real life interest , the anime medium does not create one except into attraction to it's own characters.
And as for the study of the pedophiles itself that shit gets more complicated in psychology given what age group are they interested (hebe and ephebo) , what in their own culture are considered acceptable age , age of consent varies 14 , 16 and in Korea someone needs to be 19 not 18 , other parts of the world 18 is indeed an adult but if an 18 years old having sexual relationships with 20+ it still considered soliciting sexual relationships with a minor etc.
