[Griff]

All true. We do have urges but acknowleging Beauty as a full person, not an object, is something we should be able to understand, without approaching statutory rape. Like you said, a sixteen year old is incapable of an adult relationship, something an adult doesn't need to be testing on individuals. I thought the Spacey chacter failed in his transformation because he put the teenager in a dangerous position before realizing her humanity.