I think that there is a big difference morally between someone sleeping with a little kid and a teenager (both are wrong obviously)

This probably sounds bad or makes me sound like a creep, but I'm not sure how else to phrase it. I've noticed that this suprisingly seems to be a controversial take whenever the topic comes up.

To clarify, I would never do this myself- not just because I think it's wrong to do but also just because I have no interest in young boys. (I know people will probably still accuse me just for making this post anyway.)

I'm talking about cases where the teenager was fine with it and said that it was "consensual." For example (but not limited to), the news stories of teachers who "consensually" sleep with their students (the student agreed to it). Yeah, it is still wrong, and they should be fired and go to jail- but I don't get why some people act like they are horrendously evil and literally on the same level of a pedo who like molests a 5 year old. I seriously doubt that the horny 17 year old boy who's one day away from turning 18 will be traumatized in the long run from sleeping with an older woman.

If anything, I think it's worse that they are their teachers and have authority over them, not the age difference itself. I also think that it's more about the fact that it must mean there's probably something wrong with an adult who does that IMO (so they should be punished/rehabilitated), and not that the teenager is traumatized from it. Like why are these attractive women who could basically get any man they want sleeping with immature 16 or 17 year old boys lol? (I know that it is technically still considered statutory rape for an adult to sleep with a minor since they legally can't consent, even if they agree. I'm using the word "consensual" in the layman sense, for lack of a better word.)

In reality, I don't think that it would be much more traumatizing than a teenager and another teenager. (To be fair, I have no personal experience with this. But I had crushes on older men when I was a teenager, and I don't think that I would've been traumatized if one of them slept with me- especially if it was a celebrity. Obviously, I can't say for certain though.) Yes, legally it might be the same as an adult molesting a young kid, but the law is different than morality IMO.