sc94597 said:
Yeah I don't particularly advocate these two things, but I think they need to be legalized, as right now they lead to ridiculous sentences: to act on ephebophilia especially. I think anyone who has been sexually aware for a few years is capable of giving consent, and for most people that is well before the 15-19 that ephebophilia entails. Some might argue that an older person can impression somebody that young, but the same is true for an older person and a 20 year old, or even two individuals of the same age. The whole point of these laws is to protect pre-pubescent children, and that is because there is no way they can understand what sex really means and whther or not they can give consent. A minor who is for the most part post-pubescent can accurately give consent because they understand what sex entails and what it means to them. Obviously the age range needs to be high enough to consider variation of when puberty starts, but other than that I see no problem with the age of consent being 15 years old. |
I think it's stupid to set arbitrary ages. As you said, the puberty varies and as such it should be treated case by case. By a higher age you do protect late bloomers but you will restrict the early ones. I see no reason to set an age for anything. It's all about psychology.
Setting a definite age is like saying you only count as a gay man once you had anal sex. It's absolutely arbitrary.
These arbitrary restrictions might make the judicial process easier but they lead to ridiculous sentences in certain cases.
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