Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-34563899-20180218220444/@comment-31231929-20180220003818

CoolDudeAl wrote: Emillian Swanones wrote: On the topic of "Did Neal sexually abuse Emma?" I would say yes because Emma was a teenager with most likely very little sexual education, Neal was much, much older than her, and because they didn't use protection which Neal would have most likely known about. We don't know if Emma had sex ed or not, but at her age (17/18) she would have if she didn't become a run away. Neal was probably not much older than her (biologically), and if anyone would know about pregnancy prevention between Emma and Neal, it would be Emma. Let's not forget Neal is from a magical medevil-ish world, then gets to our world in the 1800's, before going to Neverland (which seems even more primative than the EF). Neal wouldn't have any easy way to know contreception (of any form) exists, because to him the only thing that could prevent a pregnancy would be magic. Contraceptives (magical or not) would have existed in the EF. There is just no way, Neal, at the age he was (200) wouldn't have known about them. It's also possible he knew about STDs. Both of them would have been aware that Emma could get pregnant, yet instead of using protection he told it would be okay. This is based on when Emma told Mary Margaret (I think) that it'll be okay is a poor form of birth control.