EVERYONE is running around screaming "Pedo! Groomer! Pedo! Groomer! Pedo! Groomer!"

The Cons think the pedos and groomers are gays and perverts. 
The Libs think the pedos and groomers are fundamentalist white men. 

but all of that is noise. NONE of that has anything to do with real pedophilia, and "grooming" is pure fear-mongering bullshit.

The Trads don't think that a young woman, say 13-years-old needs protection from a good white fundamentalist Christian man who wants to marry her. So for them her father's permission is enough. 

They think that all teens desperately need protection from homos and transvestites who will convert the next generation to the worship of sodomy. 

In short fathers must control the sex lives of teens.

The Libs know damned well that dangerous homos aren't canvasing high schools for potential converts. But they are terrified that a mythical "sex predator" will brainwash ("groom") their sweet innocent 18-year-old and "abuse" (break her heart) him or her. 

Normal hetero men who find teen women sexy (this is 100% of het men) are therefore very dangerous. 

So they believe that the law, cops, prosecutors, and judges must control the sex lives of young adults (aka teens).

The real solution is to respect the bodily autonomy of young adults aged 14-18. Let's get our laws off their bodies. Ultimately they decide anyway, and that's why trying to give control of their sex lives to fathers or cops always causes far more harm than good.