• El Barto@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Get the fuck out, man.

    Teenagers fuck each other all the time, consensually.

    So there goes your argument about people younger than 18 being incapable of giving consent.

    For the record, I’m in my 40s and I wouldn’t go out with anyone below the age of 30, before someone accuses me of anything I ain’t.

    I hate predators as much as the next person, but let’s not go over to the other extreme.

    • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Children can’t consent. Teenagers fucking is without consent. Their brains, on the average, are not capable of making that level of decision.

      But that doesn’t make it illegal.

      • futatorius@lemm.ee
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        Teenagers fucking is without consent. Their brains, on the average, are not capable of making that level of decision.

        What an absolute crock.

        That’s the theory behind the law, OK, but the notion that someone is incapable of consent the day before their 18th birthday, but fully capable the following day, is manifestly stupid. I’ve raised three kids to adulthood. All of them had sexual relations before they were 18 and there’s nothing wrong with any of them. Don’t let religious nuts and the pathologically undersexed make your laws, it won’t work out.

        • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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          2 days ago

          That’s the theory behind the law

          Exactly my point.

          Consent is a legal concept, not a moral one.

          There’s nothing wrong with teens fucking each other. It’s just not “with consent”. Consent is agreement between adults of sound mind. They are not adults.

      • Microw@lemm.ee
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        2 days ago

        The issue here is that most countries define the age of consent differently. I think we can agree that when a 16 year old agrees to sexual contact with another 16 year old, the dynamic is different than if they agree to it with a 40 year old. Absolutely. But that does not mean that the 16 year old doesnt understand what they are doing.

        • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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          2 days ago

          Indeed. It’s based on each society. That said, I remember myself at 16. I in no way understood the risk/reward of my choices. It probably took me to 25 to be what I would consider fully conscious.