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Originally Posted by Libertine
That's why you don't let them sign binding contracts without parental consent, don't let them join the army, etc.
Sex, however, is a different matter. 14 is a perfectly normal age to start experimenting with it. 16.4 or something like that is the average age at which people lose their virginity, and about a third of people have their first sexual contact before age 16.
Criminalizing normal sexual behavior is utterly and completely insane, not to mention completely ineffective.
As long as it's safe and both parties consent, sex isn't a bad thing. 14 is a fairly young age to start with it, but it is an age at which a fair number of teens are both physically and psychologically ready to start trying it out.
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But gender actually does make a difference, whether you like it or not. Just compare sexual attitudes among teen boys to those among teen girls. Also, compare the number of (actual) rape by males to the number of (actual) rape by females.
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because female rape is not considered real thing. Sexual attitudes don't matter. Also not to mention it's more than obvious that you don't know jack about teens today, because girls like and want to have sex as much as boys do today. Doesn't make it ok.
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So, while neither should be illegal because of age alone, it is nevertheless more likely that teen boys decided to have sex out of their own free will than teen girls.
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Read above.
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If I had a 14 year old daughter who had sex with a Brad Pitt-lookalike in his twenties, and she made it clear to me that it was her decision, no, I would not want to see him in jail.
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father of the year you are.
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Attractiveness would matter in the case of gay sex, too. Obviously. However, given the rather lower incidence of homosexuality than that of heterosexuality, it would, once again, be more likely that force or coercion played a role.
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So a teens can't possibly be gay so therefor gay sex is forced? What is "attractive"? People post picks of "hot" girl all the time I think are average at best. And I'm quite sure girls that get me going other people would think "WTF does he see in here?"
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But, again, if the sex was safe, and the teen made it clear that it was his own choice, the decision should be left to the teen.
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Do you REALLY think that's how a jury would see it? And that's the point. equal justice I say.
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Sorry, but most adults do find certain early-developing teens attractive.
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Doesn't mean you act on it. Sometimes I want to kill people that piss me off( many that post on this board included). Doesn't mean I should actually do it.
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Hell, some 14 year olds look just as old as most 18 year olds.
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Well sure. I have a friend whose soon to be ex-2nd wife has a 15 year old daughter( his step daughter ) now the mom is pretty damn hot herself. This girl is better built than her mom. From a distance you can't tell she's 15. Up close and talking to her you can she's under 18. So while I wouldn't think a guy my age seeing her from a distance saying "Man I'd fuck that chick" was a pedo, but if he met her and found out she was 15 and still thought that way I would.