>>713390802You're painting it with too broad a brush.
It's not "americans", it's neutered liberal weenies that can't tell the difference between fiction and reality.
They think that if you as the player character are in a relationship with the highschool peer, it's the same as going out and prowling for jailbait.
There's got to be some kind of chain of thought going on, linking it to the "oof, this movie didn't age well because it doesn't line up with my modern sensibilities" mindset.