10-13-2013, 02:16 AM
SolemnBoy, you are clearly overthinking the issue and applying some faulty reasoning.
Below a certain age and experience or intellect level, people are not able to grasp the full ramifications of having sex. This is compounded by the fact that there is a large overlap between the age that comes before wise choices appear and the age during which people have the most hormones in their system. This causes them to be really bad decision makers in regards to sex.
It's for those reasons, and quite a few other well thought out reasons, that virtually every modern society has age of consent laws. I understand that you basically can't stop teenagers from having sex if the opportunity is present, but frankly that's part of the point. They're not thinking clearly about the issue, and every adult knows this because they went through it. For an adult to take advantage of that fact is and act that has no moral justification.
Frankly, the age of consent laws in general are rather permissive if they allow 15 year olds to pass muster. I question whether 18 year olds are capable of making wise choices. I don't want to take away their right to screw up their lives as they see fit, but just please acknowledge that there is an incredibly huge difference between two adults having sex and an adult having sex with a minor. The only thing the two scenarios have in common is that the adults all know what they're doing.
Below a certain age and experience or intellect level, people are not able to grasp the full ramifications of having sex. This is compounded by the fact that there is a large overlap between the age that comes before wise choices appear and the age during which people have the most hormones in their system. This causes them to be really bad decision makers in regards to sex.
It's for those reasons, and quite a few other well thought out reasons, that virtually every modern society has age of consent laws. I understand that you basically can't stop teenagers from having sex if the opportunity is present, but frankly that's part of the point. They're not thinking clearly about the issue, and every adult knows this because they went through it. For an adult to take advantage of that fact is and act that has no moral justification.
Frankly, the age of consent laws in general are rather permissive if they allow 15 year olds to pass muster. I question whether 18 year olds are capable of making wise choices. I don't want to take away their right to screw up their lives as they see fit, but just please acknowledge that there is an incredibly huge difference between two adults having sex and an adult having sex with a minor. The only thing the two scenarios have in common is that the adults all know what they're doing.
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