I think that this insistence by some to continually skate between 18+ guys and actual young/middle teen 15-16 yrs olds makes for a completely ridiculous (dare I say, stupid) "debate".
Pick ONE: Is this about men into 13-14-15-16 year-old kids OR into smooth, youthful legal adults of 18+ (in porn or not).
Otherwise, you guys will never be able to hold a responsible, "adult" conversation, let alone, "debate" about either issue.
Is it about role playing? Legal adults being portrayed as high school sophomores?
Or is it about real high school sophomores and the adult men who lust after them?
But again, the original issue was about BARELY LEGAL variety porn using legal-aged young MEN who happen to be a certain physical type (indicating youthful traits).
That isn't illegal, you know - to be youthful looking, smooth and lanky (with a tiny ass and 9-inches of rock solid boner).
These guys, rather than doing porn, ONCE AGAIN are a lot of what makes for our young army recruits, you know. They could be in the army rather than sucking cocks in front of a camera. We SEE these lanky, wiry "kids" all the time in the news - wearing uniforms. We see their smooth physiques in YouTube videos showing 18/19 yr old recruits horsing around in nothing but their skivvies.
They're lanky, wiry, thin, baby-faced, and resembling themselves at the ages of 15 and 16.
But they're 18. And they're soldiers. And they're of LEGAL.
So I put forth the following scenario (and to get away from the paranoia and guilt which obviously some gay men are still burdened by even in 2012).
PICTURE IT! WAR-TIME 1943!
As we all know, the military often set up their own red light districts for their men. In Hawaii, for instance, the lines of guys waiting their turn to screw some prostitutes went around the block.
In fact, there are verified reports that at one "official" whore house, only one girl was able to show up and she took on at least 75 young soldiers (who all had cash on hand and big boners in their uniform trousers).
THE TROOPS MUST BE SERVED!
Okay, so getting away from the GAY bullshit angle of this "Barely Legal" kid-looking 18 yr old false "debate", let's say that 1 in 10 of the young soldiers or sailors in line at a war-time whorehouse is 18 years of age.
Of course, there were fare more than 1 in 10 of that age.
But let's say 1 in 10 was a skinny, smooth, baby-faced kid who looked to be 15-16.
Yet we all know he was 18 and a soldier like all the rest.
Were the female prostitutes who let these "kids" mount & fuck them "pedophiles"?
Were they even ephebophiles?
Would MPs have dragged these women away for having intercourse with ejaculating children?
No. Because everyone knew that no matter how smooth & young these guys looked they were military-issue legal aged little horndogs - just as legal and worthy to take a turn screwing these ladies of the night as were their more muscled, hairier peers (who were also 18, let's not forget).