Talk:Ezra Fitz/@comment-50.198.2.120-20140715025705/@comment-70.208.193.172-20140724075833

It's not pedofilia as the younger characters are past puberty. After the flashback scenes it's not statutory rape as PA age if consent is 16. The only truely illegal relationship (after the flashback scenes) is Ezra and Aria as a minor student cannot even over 16 cannot consent to sex with a person in position of power (such as teacher). I don't agree with the number of older men attracted to teenage girls as being ok but in most these relationships this isn't glamorized as overall the older men are eventually shown to be bad guys or at least shady characters (NAT Club, corrupt cop, engaging in relationship to write book and not acting on known threats earlier, etc). I think having an Ezria rekindle after the season 4 finally was poor writing but overall the show has mostly shown negative impact and complication in these tabu relationships. The romanticizing is more done by the fans who wor"ship" these relation"ships". Throw a bone there as most those fans are too young to truly get why this is wrong, the actors are closer in age then their characters so the appearance in not as shocking, and considering adults read novels that romanticize much worse than a 7 year age gap, the show isn't that bad. It's adults responsible for the youth under their care responsibility to educate, not the entertainment industries job.